Exchange 2007

HOW TO: Create Address Lists for Equipment Mailboxes

Exchange Server 2007 lets you create room and equipment mailboxes. Having these designated as resource mailboxes – either room or equipment – has its advantages as these get setup for resource booking without having to go through the cumbersome process of logging into such mailboxes and configuring calendar settings for each so they can be […]

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Some more details on SCR

Besides Terry Myerson’s post on the team blog providing some details about SP1 (read previous post “Exchange Server 2007 SP1: A bag of goodies!“), there weren’t a lot of details about SCR available publicly until TechEd 2007 in Orlando earlier this month. Looking at the search engine keywords used to reach this blog, and the […]

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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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Exchange and Security MVP Chats on TechNet This Week

Microsoft is holding Exchange Server Q&A; with MVP experts twice this week. Exchange MVPs will be on hand to answer your questions about Exchange Server, Outlook, and Exchange for Small Business Server. So if you are thinking of upgrading to Exchange Server 2007 or have questions about Exchange Server 2003 we hope you can join […]

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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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Moving items to Junk Mail folder doesn’t do much

Scenario: Junk mail makes it to your Inbox, without getting filtered by any of Exchange’s anti-spam filters.Action: User moves item to Junk Mail folder.Result: This accomplishes little more than having the piece of UCE moved out of the Inbox. Contrary to what many may think and like to believe, moving a message manually to the […]

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Exchange Server 2007: Can the quarantine mailbox be an external smtp address?

In Tuesday’s Birds of a Feather (BOF) session on Fighting Spam with Exchange Server 2007, someone from the audience wanted to know if an external (smtp) email address can be used as a quarantine mailbox. Exchange does no validation of the email address used for a quarantine mailbox – as long as it’s a valid […]

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TechEd 2007: Notes from the BOF Session on Fighting Spam With Exchange Server 2007

Tuesday night was a Birds of a Feather (BOF) night, with plenty of BOF sessions and chalk talks scheduled. My session on Fighting Spam With Exchange Server 2007 (not a very creative title, I know… but it got the message across :) was scheduled for 7:45 PM. I was positive I’ll probably be the only […]

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TechEd 2007: Let’s talk about fighting spam with Exchange Server 2007

If you’re going to be at Microsoft TechEd 2007 in Orlando next week, and are interested in sharing your experiences in fighting spam using Exchange Server’s anti-spam features, here’s a Birds-of-a-feather (BOF) session just for you. What: BOF session “Fighting Spam With Exchange Server 2007“When: Tuesday, June 5th @ 7:45 PMWhere: Microsoft TechEd, Orlando, FL […]

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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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