Administration
HOW TO: Create a new Storage Group in a CCR Cluster
Exchange Server 2007’s Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) clusters are not dependent on shared storage (when used with MNS quorum and a File Share Witness in…
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Exchange 2010
Active Directory
HOW TO: Create a Dynamic Distribution Group by country or city
The Exchange console does not have pre-canned filter options for Country or City to be able to create a Dynamic Distribution Group (DDG, aka “Query-Based…
Exchange 2007
Outlook Anywhere and Exchange’s Self-Signed Certificate
Outlook Anywhere (known as RPC over HTTP in Exchange Server 2003), the Exchange Server + Outlook + Windows Server feature that allows Outlook clients to…
Exchange 2007
Which name should I use as Common Name for my UC certificate?
I recently got a UC/SAN cert from DigiCert (read previous post “DigiCert: A Certificate Authority with excellent customer service“). Here’s a tip from them about…
Active Directory
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.…
Administration
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…
Administration
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…
Administration
Why Get-TransportAgent doesn’t agree with the Exchange console
You disable a particular anti-spam agent — let’s say the Content Filtering Agent, using the Exchange Management Console (EMC). Figure 1: Disabling a transport “agent”…
Anti-spam
Header Firewall: Why spammers can’t insert fake SCL (and other Exchange Organization) X headers
After almost a year and a half of working with Exchange Server 2007, I still stumble into features I haven’t tested before. When it happens,…
Active Directory
HOW TO: Grant Full Mailbox Access permission
Follow-up to previous post “HOW TO: Assign SendAs right using Exchange shell” – the ability to assign SendAs and ReceiveAs permissions is preserved in Active…