January 2007

Exchange Server 2007: Making SenderID work with non-Exchange smtp hosts

To make the SenderID filter work with non-Exchange smtp hosts acting as your mail gateways for inbound mail, you need to tell Exchange about them. If Exchange does not know about these, SenderID will not be able to determine the correct sending host, and you may see SenderID checks fail on all inbound mail. This […]

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Exchange 2007 Content FIlter: The Whitelist Is Here!

Messaging Hygiene features in Exchange Server 2003, including the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF), did not have a way to whitelist sending domains or SMTP addresses. This is a follow up to a previous post, and one of the more popular ones on this blog— “IMF: Where’s the whitelist?“. (“IMF and whitelist” has for long been […]

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HOW TO: Add a Query-Based Distribution Group to a (non-Query-based/”normal”) Distribution Group

If you try to add a Query-based Distribution Group to a non-Query-based/”normal” Distribution Group by going to group’s properties | Member tab | Add – the UI doesn’t list any Query-based Distribution Groups. One workaround I suggested recently is to add the distinguishedName of the Query-based Distribution Group to the member attribute of the normal […]

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Adventures with OPATH filters in Exchange 2007 and some annoyances if you’re used to LDAP

If you’ve deployed or have been testing Exchange Server 2007, you must have certainly crossed paths with OPATH. OPATH is a querying language, somewhat similar to SQL. It is used to filter objects in PowerShell. OPATH filters replace the LDAP filters for EmailAddressPolicies (equivalent of Recipient Policies), Address Lists/GAL, and Dynamic Distribution Groups (aka “Query-Based […]

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IMF: Updates not showing up in Add/Remove Programs?

Some users report that recent updates to Microsoft’s Intelligent Message Filter (for Exchange Server 2003) do not show up in Add/Remove Programs in Windows. Double-checking on some servers, I’ve noticed this – the last update that shows up on those in Add/Remove Programs is dated 8/10/2006.If you look at the registry key for this update […]

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Microsoft announces co-existence and migration tools for Lotus Notes/Domino

Microsoft announced the public beta of its coexistence and migration tools for Lotus Notes/Domino, called Transporter Suite 2007 for Domino. More info on the team blog.

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Exchangepedia Blog crosses another landmark: over 1000 pageviews/day

Some time over the last week, this blog crossed another landmark – it’s now getting over 1000 pageviews a day! Thanks for visiting – I’m glad you find these posts useful and/or interesting! :) (Yes, it is a big deal for me!)

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Applying Mailbox Manager policies to a sub-folder

When you create a Recipient Policy to apply Mailbox Manager settings [for reference, read KBA 319188 “How to use recipient policies to control mailboxes in Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003“], the policy properties include the default mailbox folders like Inbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items, et al. You can apply the policy to additional folders by […]

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Oliver Rist talks about bumps in the road to Exchange Server 2007

InfoWorld columnist Oliver Rist writes about bumps in the road to Exchange Server 2007 [read it on Infoworld: “Brace for Exchange 2007 bumps“]. I love Rist’s columns and can be considered a regular reader. Issues he outlines:Issues #1 & 2: Exchange Server 2007 won’t run on the next version of Windows server, codenamed “Longhorn server”. […]

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A Late New Year’s Resolution: Do Not Resolve Anonymous Senders

It’s probably a little late to make another New Year’s resolution, but I’ll try to convince you to make one nevertheless. By default, when an internal/authenticated user sends you a message, you see the user’s display name (for example Joe Adams) in Outlook/OWA and other email clients. Messages from unauthenticated senders, including those from Internet […]

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