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Exchange Server 2003 gets Common Criteria certified

Your favorite messaging server – Exchange Server 2003 (don’t tell me it’s NOT Exchange Server 2003 as of now… though that may change some time in the near future with E12 betas around the corner.. ) – is now Common Criteria certified. “Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation” (CCITSE) – commonly known as “Common […]

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More on 64-bit Exchange 12

The 64-bit E12 story is turning out to be even more exciting with this tidbit from Bob Muglia’s keynote at IT Forum, courtesy Eileen Brown’s blog post. The product team has found signficant gains with E12 on 64-bit boxes. The numbers are mind-boggling. For starters, the IOPS (IOs per second) reduced by almost 75% compared […]

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Happy 64-bit 2006, including Exchange 12

Earlier today at the IT Forum in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft announced Exchange 12 will be exclusively 64-bit – it will only run on x86 64-bit processors! Other products, most notably Longhorn Server, will also support 64-bit only. This should mark the shift to 64-bit computing next year. Many organizations currently acquiring x86 64-bit hardware still […]

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Creating an additional SMTP Virtual Server in a EVS

Creating an additional SMTP Virtual Server in a non-clustered environment is pretty straightforward. The same task is a little more complicated in a clustered environment. Before you begin:Need to consider whether you want the new SMTP VS to listen on the same IP address but on a different port or listen on the default SMTP […]

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Exchange Server 2003 SP2, using SenderID? You need this hotfix!

If you’ve just upgraded to Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and have enabled Sender ID filtering, you need to apply a hotfix to prevent the server from stopping to respond. According to the KBA, the problem occurs because of a race condition caused by the SMTP protocol. A race condition occurs when a device […]

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SCRIPT: Show mailbox limits

At times the user’s mailbox limits are adjusted to bypass the limits set on a store or all stores by a policy. This is done by unchecking 1) “Use mailbox store defaults” in user’s properties –> Exchange General –> Storage Limits. New values can be added for 2) “Issue warning at (KB):”, 3) “Prohibit send […]

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Problem creating EVS (System Attendant Resource)

When creating the System Attendant resource for a new EVS, you get the following error: Invalid network addresswin 32 Error code C00706ab Creation of SA resource fails. Problem:Network card binding order. Resolution:1. Go to Network Connections folder (command line: ncpa.cpl)2. Go to Advanced menu Advanced.3. In Adapters and Bindings tab, under Connections make sure the […]

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Exporting Sender Filter List

Messages from specific senders can be blocked by implementing sender filtering. Blocked senders are specified in Global Settings Message Delivery properties Sender Filtering tab (see screenshot). The Senders list is saved in the msExchTurfListNames attribute of the Default Message Filter object. It is a multi-valued attribute. It can be exported using ldifde/csvde if you take […]

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Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and IMF

Before you install Exchange Server 2003 SP2 you need to uninstall Intelligent Message Filter (IMF). When you do this, the settings from the SMTP virtual server where you allowed filtering are also removed. After SP installation if you go to Intelligent Message Filtering settings (Global Settings -> Message Delivery -> Properties -> Intelligent Message Filtering […]

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Sending mail from telnet session

This procedure is commonly used to troubleshoot SMTP hosts. In combination with a nslookup query for MX records for a domain (listed after this) you can successfully figure out if a given domain can receive internet email successfully. 1) Open a telnet session to a SMTP – let’s say foo.mydomain.com – or an IP addresstelnet […]

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