Bharat Suneja

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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SCRIPT: Turning on Filter Junk Email

OWA users who never logon using Outlook do not have their Junk Mail filtering option turned on by default. Exchange MVP Glen Scales has a script here that allows you to turn this on programmatically for Exchange Server 2007 users.

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Rist’s interesting take on iPhone and Windows Mobile

After having used (or should “played” be the word?) the iPhone over the weekend, I’m a little underwhelmed by it. Clearly the product doesn’t quite live up to the hype and the aura surrounding it in Apple’s commercials and on its web site. Nevertheless, Apple has a good version 1.0 product on its hand, and […]

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Microsoft’s “Creative Product Naming Dept” Does Exist

The “Creative Product Naming Dept” that I’ve talked about several times here [read a previous post “It’s Official – Exchange “12” is now Exchange Server 2007“] does in fact exist at Microsoft! CNET News.com cites recent product names such as Silverlight, Popfly, and Surface as evidence that Microsoft “has put in place a concerted effort […]

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Exchange MVP Q&A chat transcripts posted to TechNet

Last month Microsoft held TechNet Exchange and Security MVP Q&As; (chats). The transcripts are now available on the TechNet web site. Q&A; with the Exchange MVP Experts (June 19, 2007) transcript Q&A; with the Exchange MVP Experts (June 21, 2007) transcript Q&A; with the Security MVP Experts (June 21, 2007) transcript

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HOW TO: Prevent a user from sending and receiving internet mail

Many organizations want to restrict certain sets of users from sendig or receiving Internet mail. “How do you prevent a user from sending or receiving Internet mail?” is a frequently asked question. Here’s how to accomplish this in Exchange 2010, Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2003. Restricting outbound Internet mail for some users On Exchange Server […]

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MX Records – Preference or Priority?

At times I’ve used the words Preference and Priority interchangeably to describe the numerical value in MX records that determines which record gets used first. Many folks do it, and no, it’s not a crime to use either as long as the message gets across. However, when actually committing words to paper – when writing […]

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