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HOW TO: Remove values from multi-valued properties using Exchange shell

Related to the previous posts “HOW TO: Add additional email addresses to a recipient” and “HOW TO Update multi-valued attributes in PowerShell” – removing one or more values from a multi-valued property is equally easy (though not a one-liner… ). The following example shows you how to remove a domain from the list of BypassedSenderDomains […]

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Add additional email addresses to a mailbox

In Exchange 2010/2007, you can use Email Address Policies to generate email addresses for your recipients (mailbox users, mail users, distribuiton groups, public folders, etc.). In Exchange 2003/2000, this was done by Recipient Policies. Policies are a great way to assign standardized email addresses across your organization – for example: <firstinitial><lastname>@<domain>. Users frequently request additional […]

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HOW TO: Assign SendAs right using Exchange shell

In Exchange Server 2007 (and Exchange 2010), recipients are managed from the Exchange Management Console (EMC) or Exchange Management Shell (aka the Shell). EMC does not have a Security tab for recipients. You can still use Active Directory Users & Computers (ADUC) console to modify permissions on a recipient, as the documentation suggests [“How to […]

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OPATH: Filterable properties that can be used in Recipient Filters

Exchange 2007 uses OPATH filters to filter recipients for things like Email Address Policies and Query-based Distribution Groups. Earlier I’d written about my adventures and annoyances with Exchange’s OPATH filters and the recently added support for memberOf attribute in OPATH filters. Exchange 2007 and later use OPATH filters for filtering recipients in Address Books/GAL, Email […]

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HOW TO Update multi-valued attributes in PowerShell

Multivalued attributes are simply attributes that can have more than one value. Examples include members attribute of groups, or proxyAddresses attribute of recipients. In GUI interfaces, it is simple to add/modify multivalued attributes. VBScript has control codes that allow you to control the interaction with multi-valued attributes – 1 = clear all entries, 2 = […]

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memberOf Attribute can now be used in OPATH filters!

I’ve blogged about OPATH filters before [read previous post “Adventures with OPATH: some annoyances if you’re used to LDAP“], and one of the annoyances was the the fact that it wasn’t possible to use the memberOf attribute to pick up (or exclude) members of certain groups from all the stuff that uses OPATH filters such […]

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Empower Your PowerShell with PowerGadgets

Exchange MVP Andy Webb showed off this great tool called PowerGadgets recently that can help you build cool gadgets – with or without Windows Vista. The gadgets take piped output from PowerShell commandlets and scripts (as well as SQL databases and web services). Why I think this is so cool:– it allows you to visualize […]

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Exchange 2007 Content Filter: How to move messages to Junk Mail folder

You’ve setup Exchange Server 2007, and configured the shiny new Content Filter agent (CFA), which is more than just a rewrite of the equally loved and hated Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) from Exchange Server 2003. How do you configure it? Spam Confidence Level (SCL) Thresholds in Exchange 2007/2010 The CFA has the following three thresholds, […]

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Exchange Server 2007: Making SenderID work with non-Exchange smtp hosts

To make the SenderID filter work with non-Exchange smtp hosts acting as your mail gateways for inbound mail, you need to tell Exchange about them. If Exchange does not know about these, SenderID will not be able to determine the correct sending host, and you may see SenderID checks fail on all inbound mail. This […]

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Exchange 2007 Content FIlter: The Whitelist Is Here!

Messaging Hygiene features in Exchange Server 2003, including the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF), did not have a way to whitelist sending domains or SMTP addresses. This is a follow up to a previous post, and one of the more popular ones on this blog— “IMF: Where’s the whitelist?“. (“IMF and whitelist” has for long been […]

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