Exchange 2003
Move Exchange to a new server
So you’re ready to upgrade your Exchange server. You bought a shiny new box with the latest & greatest CPU, loaded it with as much…
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Exchange Server
Active Directory
HOW TO: Export all email addresses from a domain
Background: The Active Directory Users & Computers (ADUC) UI lets you list the mail column for each object, which displays the default (SMTP) email address…
Active Directory
How to create a Recipient Policy based on Company names?
One of the more frequently asked questions in an environment where you want to host more than 1 company’s email on a single Exchange server.…
Administration
Frequent reports of NDRs with 5.7.1 errors
Noticed an increase in NDRs with 5.7.1 error from posts in newsgroups and a colleague saw 2 of those within the last week. If you’re…
Exchange Server
Microsoft completes FrontBridge acquisition
Microsoft has just completed the acquisition of FrontBridge, a hosted email provider. Why FrontBridge?To offer Exchange as a hosted service (directly from Microsoft). It now…
Anti-spam
Exchange Server 2003 SP2 – Connection Filtering that actually works
I was excited to find out about Connection Filtering (screenshot) in Exchange 2003 – finally I could use RBLs (real-time block lists) without having to…
Exchange Server
NetApp Data OnTap 7 and Flexvolumes
The Saturday (July 16th) was spent on migrating an Exchange cluster from an older NetApp 840 to a new 920 filer. My personal experience with…
Exchange 2007
Exchange 12 to axe Active/Active Clustering?
Oliver Rist’s Enterprise Windows column in InfoWorld talks about many facts/announcements related to the Exchange Server product roadmap – most of it discussed/announced at TechEd…
Archiving & Compliance
Adding disclaimers to outbound SMTP messages
Disclaimers are increasingly becoming commonplace in email messages sent to external (and at times internal) recipients. Security policies at many organizations require these disclaimers. If…
Exchange 2003
Message Tracking as part of OWA/Outlook
Message Tracking is one thing I’ve since long wanted to see built into the client – either as an OWA-only feature or perhaps in OWA…