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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 RAM as you could afford, and bought the fastest, biggest drives. How do you “move” your Exchange over to a new server? Exchange MVP Ed Crowley has this well-documented on […]

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Treo 700 – a wish come true

When I first saw the Treo – then from Handspring, a company started by ex-Palm folks that was later acquired by Palm – I instantly fell in love with it. It had a great color display and a very usable keyboard. The part I didn’t fall in love with was, of course, the Palm OS. […]

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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. Both companies have unique dns domains, let’s say CompanyA.com and CompanyB.com. You typically end up locating thw users from the 2 (or more) companies in their own respective OUs. You […]

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Unblock Outlook attachments

Ever found Outlook’s long list of blocked attachments annoying? It’s one thing to protect users from malicious code, but should someone who knows what they’re doing be subjected to the same rules? Now, there are ways of blocking/unblocking certain file types including registry hacks, group policies, et al. By far the most elegant and easy […]

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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 using Exchange, you may see Event IDs 1709 and 1710 in your Application Log. Some common causes:1) Allow computers which successfully authenticate to relay checkbox not checked on SMTP virtual […]

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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 wants a cut from the hosting pie. I wouldn’t blame them for wanting to grow revenues, but wondering what its partners think about Microsoft competing with them.

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GoogleTalk released…. yawn!

Every time Google releases a product, there is a lot of excitement built around it starting with rumors or leaks days or weeks before the product is released. Google contributes to this build-up by keeping the products in beta for as long as anyone can remember, and in some cases by limiting the beta by […]

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Useful Utility: SysInternals Process Explorer

A trusted friend of most experienced Windows folks, Process Explorer is one of Sysinterals’ bag of free utilities that provide welcome relief from some of Windows’ quirks and inadequacies. I have found Process Explorer extremely useful and a great substitute for Windows Task Manager. On the topic of Task Manager, have you seen it change […]

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Exchange 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 dabble with event sinks!! (This is from back in the days when RBLs were still sexy and could keep a good chunk of spam away from your users… ) Connection […]

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Windows Vista it is!

Microsoft just announced the next version of Windows that practically the whole world (except for the Mac users perhaps?) is eagerly awaiting will be called Windows Vista. The first beta will ship early next month. The actual product will ship in second half of 2006. The name – Vista – has left many people confused. […]

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