Archiving & Compliance
Start Managed Folder Assistant for a single mailbox
When testing Managed Folder Mailbox Policy settings in Exchange Server 2007, you may need to frequently run the Managed Folder Assistant (MFA)) to process a…
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Administration
Disable Antispam agents on a Receive Connector
Exchange 2007’s antispam agents are enabled for all Receive Connectors on a transport server. Is there a way to disable the agents on a particular…
Exchange Server
Resource Mailbox Calendar Settings: Configuring resource mailboxes using OWA
Have you been using the Set-MailboxCalendarSettings cmdlet to configure scheduling settings for resource mailboxes? Wish there was a graphical interface to configure these settings? [PS]…
Administration
Configuring Deleted Item Retention
After a user empties the Deleted Items folder, although these items disappear from the view of the mailbox, they are not completely deleted. They are…
Exchange 2007
SCRIPT: Get Storage Group Backup Status
Exchange 2007 Mailbox Databases expose backup-related properties using the Get-MailboxDatabase cmdlet: Get-MailboxDatabase “My Database” -status | select *backup* | fl What you get back:BackupInProgress :SnapshotLastFullBackup…
Anti-spam
HOW TO: Prevent annoying spam from your own domain
One of the more annoying types of spam is the one that seems to be coming from your own domain; or worse— from your own…
Exchange 2007
Delay Notifications: Informing users about delays in mail delivery
Users consider email to be a reliable communication mechanism – not as reliable as the dial tone, but pretty close. Most users expect mail to…
PowerShell
PowerShell: Listing multi-valued attributes
In previous posts, we’ve taken a look at how to update multi-valued attributes and remove values from multi-valued attributes using PowerShell/Exchange Shell (EMS). Multi-valued attributes…
Administration
Where are mailbox last logon, client IP address and other details in Exchange 2007 & Exchange 2010?
In Exchange Server 2003/2000, expanding a Mailbox Database (MDB) provides information about mailboxes in a database, last logon/logoff times and account(s) that logged on to…
Active Directory
Script: Listing Distribution Groups a recipient is a member of
It’s easy to get a list of all members of a Distribution Group. The Exchange shell (EMS) ships with the Get-DistributionGroupMember cmdlet that makes it…