Administration

How to forward mail to an external email address

In Exchange Server 2003, mail for a recipient can be forwarded to an alternate recipient by modifying the recipient’s Delivery Options in ADUC | recipient -> properties | Exchange General tab. Figure 1: Use Delivery Options to auto forward email to an alternate recipient in Exchange 2003 If you need to forward mail to an […]

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List mailboxes with Full Mailbox Access permission assigned

In “HOW TO: Grant Full Mailbox Access permission“, we saw how to assign and view mailbox permissions, including Full Access. Here’s how you can get a list of mailboxes with explicitly-assigned (i.e. not inherited) Full Access permissions. You can specify a single mailbox and retrieve the permissions assigned on it by using the Get-MailboxPermission cmdlet. […]

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Masquerading SMTP Virtual Servers: Changing the fqdn and masquerade domain

You can change the fully-qualified domain name (fqdn) used by a SMTP virtual server from its properties | Delivery tab | Advanced | Fully-qualified domain name. In the following example, we change the fqdn of a SMTP virtual server from its default – letter.exchangelabs.net, to postcard.exchangelabs.net. Figure 1: Changing the fully-qualified domain name in SMTP […]

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Exchange Server 2007: How many logs hath thee?

A recent question got me thinking about this, thanks to a fellow MCT. How may logs does Exchange Server 2007 have? There are the known logs, carried over from previous versions (albeit with some differences), and a slew of new logs that one deals with. So let’s take a quick look at the number of […]

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Restricting Messaging Records Management to a particular message type

One of the frequently asked questions related to Messaging Records Management (MRM) in Exchange Server 2007/2010 is: how do I purge only specific type of items from a particular Managed Default Folder, a Managed Custom Folder, or the entire mailbox? For example, it may be acceptable to purge email messages from a particular folder or […]

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HOW TO: Hide Distribution Group membership

Exchange Server 2003’s extensions for Active Directory Users & Computers console made hiding a Distribution Group’s membership a trivial task, accomplished by right-clicking a group, selecting Exchange Tasks and selecting Hide Membership. Figure 1: The Exchange Tasks wizard in ADUC provides an option to hide Distribution Group membership in Exchange Server 2003 As the task […]

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Managed Folders: How to apply different Managed Content Settings to Default Folders

Exchange Server 2007’s Managed Folders come in two flavors: 1) Managed Default Folders 2) Managed Custom Folders. Default folders are the ones created by default in user mailboxes, such as Inbox, Sent Items, and Deleted Items. Custom Folders are the result of a much-requested feature by Exchange folks over the years: Can I create a […]

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Exchange Server 2007: How to get a list of Exchange ActiveSync users

Getting a list of actual Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) users was not an easy task with Exchange Server 2003, and certainly not one that could be accomplished in a hurry. Yes, it indeed is a one-liner shell command with Exchange Server 2007: Get-CASMailbox | where {$_.HasActiveSyncDevicePartnership} | select Name 10/7/2008:Here’s an updated version, which uses the […]

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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: 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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