July 2007

Apple: Time to iPatch your iPhones

Within weeks of the iPhone’s launch, it’s time to patch your iPhones! Yes, Apple has released a bunch of fixes for Mac OS X and the just-launched iPhone. The iPhone patches get delivered to you next time you synch your iPhone with iTunes.

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DigiCert: A Certificate Authority with excellent customer service

I finally took the plunge and decided to get a certificate from a public Certificate Authority (CA) for my Exchange Server 2007 server at home. A certificate that supports Subject Alternative Names (SAN certificate, aka “Unified Communications” certificate), no less. Having dealt with a number of CAs in the past, and having heard some horror […]

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New Distribution Groups do not receive internet email by default

New Exchange Server 2007 Distribution Groups created using the Exchange shell or console do not receive internet mail (i.e. mail from unauthenticated senders) by default. Thanks to Exchange MVP Devin Ganger for pointing this out. Figure 1: By default, new Distribution Groups created in Exchange Server 2007 are configured to receive mail only from authenticated […]

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SP1 fixes setup failure issue with Windows 2000 domains

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 fixes setup related issues where setup fails when you do not have any Windows Server 2003 SP1 Domain Controllers in other Domains in the Forest (i.e. one or more domains have only Windows 2000 DCs/GCs), or one or more domains are unreachable during setup. More on the team blog: […]

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FireFox 2.0.0.6: Mozilla fixes the IE security hole that wasn’t

You’ve probably heard about the FireFox patch that fixed a vulnerability caused by IE? Here’s more. July 10: Mozilla’s head of Security Strategy Window Snyder writes: “Today security firm Secunia released an advisory on a security issue found (apparently) simultaneously and independently by Greg MacManus and Billy Rios based on a previously reported issue in […]

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Web Developer: A must-have FireFox extension for web developers

If you have anything to do with CSS/XHTML and web design, Chris Pederick’s Web Developer extension for FireFox is a must have! It lets you do a whole bunch of things directly within FireFox, including: – Display CSS stylesheets used by a web page– Edit the CSS sytlesheets directly and see the web page change […]

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Apple’s security woes: Has less than 7 days to fix iPhone vulnerability

The company that designs its products “to be secure from day 1” is facing some security headaches of its own. First, the vulnerabilities in its beta release of Safari browser for Windows, ironically discovered on “day 1”, within hours of Apple Wizard-In-Chief Steve Jobs announcing it with much fanfare (read previous post “Safari, Meet Windows: […]

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Connection Filtering, RBLs and SMTP logs in Exchange 2007/2010

Exchange Server 2003’s Connection Filtering feature allows you to block connections from IP addresses explicitly added to the Global Deny List, or drop messages from IP addresses listed on a RBL (Real-Time Blackhole List / Real-Time Block List). Note: The term “RBL” is commonly used to describe DNS Black Lists (DNSBLs), but it’s a trademark […]

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HOW TO: Forward mail to a Public Folder

When trying to forward inbound mail for a recipient to a Public Folder using the Exchange console (Recipient ->Properties | Mail Flow Settings | Delivery Options | Forward to: ), the Recipient Picker GUI does not display mail-enabled Public Folders. This can be done from the shell using the following command: Set-Mailbox “Foo” -ForwardingAddress “[email protected]” […]

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Move mailbox issue: disconnected mailbox remains on source mailbox Store

This came up earlier today in a newsgroup post. You move a mailbox from one mailbox Store to a mailbox Store on another server – either between two Exchange Server 2003/2000 servers, or between an Exchange Server 2003/2000 and an Exchange Server 2007 server. The mailbox moves successfully, the user can access it on the […]

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