January 2008

Renew self-signed certificates in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007

In Exchange 2007 and later, Exchange Setup creates a self-signed certificate to protect communication with Exchange services such as SMTP, IMAP, POP, OWA, EAS, EWS and UM. Exchange’s self-signed certificates meet an important need – securing communication paths for all Exchange services by default. The self-signed certificate meets an important need – securing communication paths […]

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InsideMicrosoft: Windows Mobile 7 To Focus On Touch and Motion Gestures

I haven’t written much about the exciting new developments with Windows Mobile, and the high expectations with it. Without a doubt, the iPhone has raised the bar a few notches, with typical Apple design finesse and consumer orientation (Yes, still no EAS, and still tethered to a really slow data network!). If you’ve been waiting […]

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Assigning SCL to messages scanned by 3rd-party antispam filters

Here’s a problem I had a hard time resolving on Exchange Server 2003. Exchange Server 2007’s Transport Rules resolve this within minutes. Pretend you’re taking a Microsoft exam: Scenario: “You are the Exchange administrator for your organization… “. Exchange has the Content Filter Agent (CFA), and the Edge Transport Server role designed to be a […]

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The Saga Continues: White House Says It Routinely Overwrote E-Mail Tapes From 2001 to 2003

The saga of Messaging Records Mismanagement continues, with interesting bits and pieces surfacing every once in a while. Elizabeth Williamson and Dan Eggen report in the Washington Post: From 2001 to October 2003, the White House’s practice was to use the same backup tape each day… Although the White House said in the filing that […]

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Rain City Guide: Seattle companies get no love

Just back from a good part of a week spent on the Microsoft campus, discussing Exchange developments – far more exciting than the new gadgets being unveiled at CES in Vegas all week. Though it rained almost every single day, and even snowed the night before I arrived, the weather wasn’t really that bad, and […]

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SMTP Connector Myth: Messages are always routed over SMTP Connectors with more specific address spaces

An Exchange Server message routing myth forever being propagated (including by me!): If 2 SMTP Connectors (or Send Connectors in case of Exchange Server 2007) exist, one with a more specific address space, like exchangepedia.com, and one for a more generic address space like *, messages are always routed over the Connector with the more […]

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Recipient Policies: Can separate policies for Email Addresses and Mailbox Manager Settings be applied?

Exchange Server 2003/2000’s Recipient Policies can have settings to generate email addresses for recipients, and Mailbox Manager settings to manage mailbox content. (The Exchange Server 2007 equivalents are 1. Accepted Domains + Email Address Policies to generate email addresses, and 2. Managed Folder Mailbox Policies (with default or custom Managed Folders + Managed Content Settings) […]

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