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SCRIPT: Reset Mailbox Limits

I had posted a script that reports all users with their mailbox storage limits set individually on the user account properties in my earlier post titled “SCRIPT: Show mailbox limits“. I have just added another script to that post that will reset those mailboxes (with storage limits set individually). Once the script resets storage limits […]

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New user does not show up in GAL

Scenario: You’ve created a new user (or any Exchange recipient that should show up in Exchange Address Books/GAL), but the recipient does not show up in the GAL in Outlook. Are you using Outlook 2003/2007 in Cached Mode? If yes, login using Outlook Web Access and try to send the user an email. Does the […]

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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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List users with automatic email forwarding enabled

Here’s a script written in response to a newsgroup post today on microsoft.public.exchange.admin. Exchange Server allows you to automatically forward inbound mail for one recipient to another recipient. You can forward messages to the alternate recipient, without delivering a copy to the original recipient (effectively redirecting inbound mail for the recipient), or deliver messages to […]

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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 for objects. You can export the list from ADUC to a CSV/txt file. However, any additional email addresses in the proxyAddresses attribute are not exported. There’s no GUI interface (in […]

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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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Cannot Book Resource – Outlook thinks it’s a recurring appointment

Issue: You try to reserve a conference room for a meeting, but get an error – XX Conference Room has declined your meeting because it is recurring. You must book each meeting separately with this resource”. But it is a single instance meeting! Cause: If several people have the resource’s calendar open and make changes […]

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Seeing Double? (Default Email Folders)

Situation: Upgraded to Office 2003 Professional. Outlook shows 2 of each default/system folder like Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Journal, Tasks, Junk E-mail, etc. (Not completely sure at what point this happened, but it happened within hours of Outlook 2003 upgrade, so that’s the most likely suspect.) Outlook thinks the new folders are the default, so new […]

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Exchange 2000/2003 Mailbox Manager and msExchMailboxManagerAgeLimit.

Exchange 2000/2003 Mailbox Manager and msExchMailboxManagerAgeLimit.: “Mailbox manager policies may not process items as some administrators might expect. For example if you set up a mailbox manager policy to delete messages from the inbox after 30 days you may find that some of the messages are not deleted after the 30 day window has passed. […]

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Moving mailboxes and corrupted Calendar

Moving mailboxes from an Exchange 2000 virtual server (EVS) to an Exchange Server 2003 EVS – can’t seem to move 1 particular mailbox. User has a history of corrupted Calendar folder/items – Oultook hangs immediately when choosing the Calendar folder from the folder list. (Lot of 8217s – KB327864: Meetings visible in Outlook may not […]

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