Administration

Address Literals in Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010

RFC 2821 allows the use of a literal form of a recipient’s address, which uses the destination system’s IP address enclosed by square brackets in the domain part, as an alternative to a domain name. Commonly known as address literals, this form of addressing helps in delivery of mail to a recipient when the recipient’s […]

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Displaying Client IP Address in Exchange System Manager

In Exchange Server 2003, Exchange System Manager’s Logons view for a Mailbox Store (expand Storage Group | Mailbox Store | Logons) displays client logon-related details. The default view displays 1. User name 2. Windows 2000 Account 3. Logon Time 4. Last Access Time 5. Client Version. It does not display the client IP address from […]

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Exchange Server 2007: Notes on Exchange Management Console’s design

Love it or hate it, the Exchange Management Console is here to stay. I haven’t come across many folks who dislike it for its design, or think it has any usability issues (sure, it has some minor annoyances… but waiting for perfection generally means not shipping a product). Any heartburn caused by the EMC is […]

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Exchange Management Shell Quick Reference

Do you find yourself frequently searching for documentation related to Exchange shell commands? Can you find your way around but need a quick reference you can look up frequently without having to search for anything? Microsoft has an Exchange Management Shell Quick Reference doc on their web site – it’s an HTML doc but the […]

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View membership of a Dynamic Distribution Group

Dynamic Distribution Group is the Exchange Server 2010/2007 term for Query-Based Distribution Groups supported by Active Directory (and therefore Exchange Server 2003/2000) in Windows Server 2003. Unlike normal security and distribution groups, which have static membership (defined by manually adding users/recipients as members of the group), the membership of a Dynamic Distribution Group is determined […]

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Grimes Gripes About RBLs

InfoWorld columnist Roger Grimes gripes about Real-Time Block Lists (aka Real-Time Blackhole Lists, DNSBLs or DNS-based Block Lists. The Exchange Server 2007 term for RBLs is “IP Block List Providers”). The feelings towards RBLs are understandable – you won’t be a fan of RBLs if your IP addresses are the ones getting listed, and your […]

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Applying Managed Folder Policy to more than one user

Scenario: You have a Managed Folder Mailbox Policy called Policy-DeletedItems90Days. The policy has Managed Content Settings to permanently delete items in the Deleted Items folder after 90 days. You can easily apply this Managed Folder Mailbox Policy to a single user using the Exchange console, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Applying a Managed […]

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Determine cluster configuration of mailbox server (CCR/SCC)

To determine whether a mailbox server is clustered or standalone, and if clustered – whether it’s using Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) or Single Copy Cluster (SCC), use the following command: Get-MailboxServer | select name,ClusteredStorageType The possible values:1. NonShared = CCR cluster2. Shared = SCC cluster3. Disabled = standalone / non-clustered mailbox server

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Released: Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB935490)

Microsoft has just released Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 (KB935490). This update comes less than 3 weeks after the previous rollup – Update Rollup 1. It includes updates for 4 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server – (including a critical remote code execution vulnerability from the way MIME messages are decoded), as outlined in […]

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Logging SMTP Protocol Activity in Exchange 2013/2010 and Exchange 2007

I wrote about logging SMTP protocol activity in Exchange Server 2003 in what is one of the most popular posts on Exchangepedia. Starting with Exchange Server 2007, Exchange discontinued using the SMTP stack in IIS and developed its own SMTP stack. I like to think of it as smarter or more intelligent Receive Connectors (these […]

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