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Adventures with OPATH filters in Exchange 2007 and some annoyances if you’re used to LDAP

If you’ve deployed or have been testing Exchange Server 2007, you must have certainly crossed paths with OPATH. OPATH is a querying language, somewhat similar to SQL. It is used to filter objects in PowerShell. OPATH filters replace the LDAP filters for EmailAddressPolicies (equivalent of Recipient Policies), Address Lists/GAL, and Dynamic Distribution Groups (aka “Query-Based […]

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Enabled by default: SMTP Tarpit in Exchange Server 2007

From a recent discussion, and something I’ve been wanting to post about for a while: SMTP tarpitting is enabled by default on Receive Connectors in Exchange 2007 (and Exchange 210). What is SMTP tarpitting? It’s the process of introducing a delay in SMTP connections from hosts that are suspected of inappropriate SMTP behavior – for […]

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How To Allow Relaying in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007

In Exchange Server 2003, you can allow anonymous SMTP hosts to relay mail by adding their IP address(es) in SMTP Virtual Server Properties | Access tab | Relay. Hosts that require anonymous relay capability include application servers and devices such as copiers, which scan documents and send them as email attachments. Figure 1: Controlling relay […]

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HOW TO: Add a License Key to Exchange Server 2007

When you install Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010, including the downloads posted on Microsoft’s web site, it is unlicensed. Unlicensed servers function as 120-day trials, according to Exchange Server 2007 documentation. Starting with Exchange Server 2007, Service Packs are slipstreamed — the downloads/media contain all the binaries required to install Exchange + the […]

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Exchange Server 2007 Scriptacular Demo Pack posted

Vivek has posted what he calls the Exchange Server 2007 Scriptacular Demo Pack on his blog. This is a bunch of scripts Vivek & Mihai wrote while Exchange shell was being developed. It contains the out-html, out-ie and out-email scripts from Vivek’s blog that I’ve talked about earlier, and some that I haven’t seen before. […]

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Exchange Server 2007: Cross-Mailbox Search Using Export-Mailbox

Exchange Server 2007 includes the much-required feature that allows you search for and export messages to another mailbox. You can search all mailboxes for messages with particular keywords and export those messages to a separate mailbox, which can then be accessed by compliance/legal folks who need access to such messages. Another scenario where this feature […]

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Conflicting Mailbox Store Policies

I spent some time (ok, I’ll admit – more than “some time”… ) writing a script to get user mailbox storage limits/quotas [an improvement on the script I posted earlier – read previous post “SCRIPT: Show mailbox limits“]. The new script checks users’ individual mailbox limits (if these are set in user properties in ADUC). […]

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Bulk mailbox-enabling users using Exchange Shell in Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007

In Exchange Server 2007: Bulk creation of mailboxes using Exchange Management Shell, I wrote about how to bulk create mailboxes (including user accounts) from a CSV/text file. This post is in response to readers who asked for a way to mailbox-enable existing user accounts. Bulk mailbox-enabling users using the EMC The EMC allows you to […]

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HOW TO: Prevent sending display names with internet messages

Exchange Server and many other MTAs including most web-based services send the sender’s display name (e.g. “Joe User”) in email messages, in addition to the smtp (email) address. If you want to prevent sending display names in outbound internet mail for any reason, you can turn this off. Exchange Server 2003/2000 (Exchange System Manager):– Global […]

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Update – HOW TO: Find an email address in Active Directory

SKIP THIS POST and head over to Five and a half ways to find an email address in Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory, a comprehensive post that shows all the ways you can find an email address in Active Directory.  (OK, if you must really know, we merged content from this post with a previous […]

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