Exchange Newsgroups: Exchange Server General Discussion

Installs sets a dead server!!!

microtcpip - 8 Apr 2006 6:54 PM - 3 messages

I have a Windows2003 domain with two DC. One of them died before I had the chance to run dcpromo again, so when it was rebuilt, I just changed its name. With that problem resolved, I have been trying to install ...

big Exchange problem: 5.5.0 status

MCSE - 8 Apr 2006 5:48 AM - 2 messages

A serious number of NDRs are bouncing back on messages sent through Exchange 2003 SP1 (SBS 2003) with the following descriptions: Final-Recipient: rfc822;john***@xyz.com Action: failed Status: 5.5.0 Diagnostic-Code: smtp;550 Your message does not conform to RFC2822 standard ...

DNS A & MX record Total Frustrati

msw - 8 Apr 2006 4:02 AM - 7 messages

Our company changed their name and created another domain name. We decided to keep both domains active. I set up the new domain name in exchange to be able to receive mail from the new domain name. On the DNS Server, under Forward Lookup Zones, I did see my old domain zone ...

Unusual OWA request

salenetus - 7 Apr 2006 9:46 PM - 7 messages

Hi all. I have what can be described I guess as an unusual need so here goes. I work for a company that uses Outlook now to schedule our jobs. When we plug our laptops in at work, obviously Outlook is updated localy. ...

One user is not receiving e-mails

G - 7 Apr 2006 7:27 PM - 4 messages

We have Exchange 2003 and one user we re-created could not receive external memails but can send external mails. When recipients try to reply they get a 5.1.1 u***@domain.com...user unknown error. ...

Different timezones in Calendars?

Anders Biro - 7 Apr 2006 12:54 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I wonder whether it is possible to define Calendars using different timezones in Exchange public folders? /Regards Anders ...

Help! Inserting into a SQL database when a message is received

tim.stokes - 7 Apr 2006 9:29 AM - 1 message

Hi all, I'm trying to set up an auto response for anyone who emails a specific address at our company (e.g. 'i***@example.com') saying thanks for your message, and click here to register on our website. However, we only want to send an auto response to people who are not ...

Exchange Server 2003 and WebDAV - Error (401) Unauthorized

walterd - 7 Apr 2006 8:26 AM - 1 message

Hi I am trying to extract mail from my Inbox using WebDAV, but always get the (401) Unauthorized error. The Exchange Server 2003 is running on Windows 2003 Server. What is also puzzling is that the code was running fine on Exchange Server ...

550 Cannot route to user@domain.dom

Brice - 7 Apr 2006 6:34 AM - 1 message

Hello On my server W2003 i have exchange 2003, the client is outlook2003. Each user have a smtp address. For some of them, when i send directly a message or when they are in the copy tab i receive the following message: ...

Way to Share Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks without Sharing Personal Email?

lambanlaa - 7 Apr 2006 2:07 AM - 9 messages

My DH and I have an Exchange account at a local ISP so that we can share a calendar online. I need to have the Exchange account be my primary account so that reminders pop up for me in Outlook 2003 (my ...

Writes to STM file killing performance

Fred Tomlinson - 7 Apr 2006 12:56 AM - 3 messages

We have a problem when a MAC client accesses our Exchange server (2003 Enterprise SP2) using IMAP . Disk activity goes off the scale and overall system performance dives. We installed some monitoring software that tells us the activity is almost 100% writing to the STM file. We understand that ...

Exchange 2003 Relay to Specific Domain

Bob Smith - 6 Apr 2006 10:58 PM - 2 messages

We would like to be able to allow unauthenticated connections to relay to an internal Unix machine (mymail***@unixmachine.mydomain.com). Because we only allow block unauthenticated connections to send to anything other than @mydomain.com the connection is rejected. ...

Users double booking shared resources in public folders

Ron McLay - 6 Apr 2006 10:28 PM - 5 messages

Is it possible to prevent users from making all day bookings (by ticking 'all day event') for resources in the public folder? The problem is that when they put in all all day booking, it only shows up as a bar across the top - other staff don't notice this and are putting in ...

Error message postmaster

msw - 6 Apr 2006 9:42 PM - 2 messages

I ran the [link] on my domain name and I am getting this message any recommendations please. ERROR: One or more of your mailservers does not accept mail to postmas***@aerps.com. Mailservers are required (RFC822 6.3, RFC1123 5.2.7, ...

Something is missing ???

Pat - 6 Apr 2006 9:09 PM - 1 message

Hi We recently discovered an issue with users from one site were unable to send an email to a user in another site... Two things I noticed from these users, - The Exchange Features tab from the ADUC is missing, all other tabs are ...

Trend Micro ScanMail Spam and Exchange Junk Mail

SJV Technology Office - 6 Apr 2006 8:59 PM - 1 message

We have Exchange 2003 /Outlook 2003 in our enterprise and TrendMicro ScanMail 7 for Exchange 2003. I have the End User Quarantine tool enabled, which adds a Spam folder to every user's account called "Spam Mail" This, I think, is rediculous... now you've got too folders in Outlook, Spam ...

OWA

Ky IT Guy - 6 Apr 2006 5:25 PM - 6 messages

I am trying to use Outlook Web Access here is what I have Server 2003 (member server) running exchange 2003. I want to allow people within the company to be able to jump on a computer outside our network ...

0x86000108 Active Sync Error Connecting to Exchange Server

Gabe Matteson - 6 Apr 2006 5:19 PM - 3 messages

Exchange 2003 with SP2. Treo 700w setup with a custom certificate, the user is enabled for Mobile Services. Only the contacts and Calednar is syncing, email folders are not and I recieve this error. Mobile Device Log: ActiveSync encoutered a problem on the server. support code: 0x86000108 ...

mailbox move cancellation wont complete...?

Scott McDonald - 6 Apr 2006 4:35 PM - 2 messages

I was moving mailboxes out of their stores into a temporary store then deleting and recreating their stores and moving them back for maintenance reasons (easier than going through defrags). I started a few last night and this morning found that one 7GB mailbox was ...

Exchange 5.5 View Rules

mackdaddy315 - 6 Apr 2006 3:35 PM - 1 message

Hi all, is there a tool to allow the lookup of server rules associated to an account without logging into that users mailbox and using outlook? Thanks ...

CO-LOCATION OF EXCHANGE SERVER

Kris - 6 Apr 2006 3:35 PM - 5 messages

Hi All & MVPs, I have a question and would like to have an expert advise regarding. Exchange Server Co- Location. At present we have exchange Server located in our company premisis which serves to 1500+ employees What is your ...

Co-Location of Exchange Server

Kris - 6 Apr 2006 3:30 PM - 4 messages

Hi All & MVPs, I have a question and would like to have an expert advise regarding.Exchange Server Co- Location. At present we have exchange Server located in our company premisis which serves to 1500+ employees What is your openion about ...

E2K3 and adding photos?

Transam388 - 6 Apr 2006 12:41 PM - 2 messages

Is it possible to add photos to the Exchange GAL address properties for users? I dare say some custom field would have to be created or something but one of our VP's asked if we could add photos to the GAL within the ...

Maybe this is a silly question.

Ky IT Guy - 5 Apr 2006 8:58 PM - 3 messages

Our company name is "abc" our website is "abc.com" or email is "n***@abc.com" our domain name is "abc" we are in the process of changing all this Our company name is going to be "xyz" and our website is going to be ...

Info Adress fo Everyone

Nicolas Macarez - 5 Apr 2006 8:36 PM - 5 messages

Hi, I want to set up an address i***@mydomain.com wich will be re-directed to every user (u***@mydomain.com). Clearly, when someone (from the network or from the Internet) sends an e-mail to i***@mydomain.com, every user from mydomain.com will get a copy in ...

Address Lists

Nicolas Macarez - 5 Apr 2006 8:32 PM - 6 messages

Hi! I'm finishing to set up a fresh install of W2K3 Server + Exchange Server 2003 SP2. I wish to set up a list of external addresses (not belonging to the AD) which will be accessible to the Exchange users from their Outlook 2003 ...

Accessing OWA

Praveen - 5 Apr 2006 8:30 PM - 2 messages

I don't know if this question fits in this forum right, but at least some one can give me an idea so I can look where to look fot this info. We use OWA for accessing our emails. If we are inside our office network, we type the http://computername and ...

ok exchange user question

Urbanknight - 5 Apr 2006 3:33 PM - 1 message

Ok my main exchange server had a major mishap, and is unable to connect to any global catalogs, and all such nonsense.. basically it does not allow any logins at all, and the System attendant and many required services will not ...

Mail merge and front page

Fatias - 5 Apr 2006 2:12 PM - 2 messages

Hi, Is it possible ? who ? Regards, Fatias ...

Intermittent Relay problems

Scott Abel - 5 Apr 2006 1:43 PM - 3 messages

I have an issue that is driving me nuts. Exchange 2003 with an SMTP connector forwarding internet mail to a smarthost in the DMZ which is a Windows 2003 SMTP server (not exchange). Users are complaining that when ...

public folder read/reply icon not showing

grum13 - 5 Apr 2006 1:26 PM - 3 messages

Hi I created a new PF for our support group, mail enabled etc, all working apart from when the support users connect it does not show whether a message has been read or replied to for every support user. The maintain per user check box is cleared - ie not ticked ...

system manager error rpc server unavailable

grum13 - 5 Apr 2006 1:23 PM - 5 messages

When I use a client and go through exchange system manager and select public folder - folder - then the content tab I get the follwing error RPC server unailable Win32 ID no: 800706ba Exchange System Manager I do not get the error using the server. Server is EX2003 client is Xp Sp2 ...

Sharing a mailbox with a second user doesn't work

salgsalg - 5 Apr 2006 12:59 PM - 2 messages

Hello for one reason or another i am not able anymore to give a user x access to a mailbox from user y. some time ago, if i remember it right, it was enough to set the rights with de active directory users tool on the server (using the security and the ...

E-mail Management Software

madssteve - 5 Apr 2006 8:49 AM - 1 message

If anyone is interested in testing a release candidate of e-mail management software to manage PSTs, Exchange Mailboxes or Exchange Public Folders, please feel free to download an evaluation version of MADSolutions E-mail Management Server 2006 at: [link] ...

Blocking attachment in Drafts folder by OWA

TriVo - 5 Apr 2006 7:32 AM - 1 message

Hi, I enabled function blocking attachment on OWA. It work well with Inbox, Sent Items folder, event move a message has attachment to Drafts folder. But when I compose a new message with an attachment by using Outlook and save in ...

Switching from an Exchange + POP3 Connector to Exchange Only

Dan Getz - 4 Apr 2006 9:19 PM - 3 messages

We've been running an SBS 2003 server for quite some time now and have been using GFI's POP3 connector to get our e-mail from our external mail server. Unfortunately, as we've grown as a company this solution isn't working that ...

Pocket PC with Outlook 2003

George Annan - 4 Apr 2006 7:00 PM - 2 messages

Ok, seem to be having an issue with this pocket PC... Exch 2003 Srv (SBS version) Exch SP2 installed today Active Sync for exch installed today server reebooted) ActiveSync 4.1 installed on workstation Outlook connected to exch serv with no issues. configure active sync as ...

problems in public folders

txitalian - 4 Apr 2006 6:35 PM - 1 message

For the past few weeks, members of the domain admin group(myself include) have been unable to access certain functions in our public folders. One example, is we have a dept calendar we use to post when we are taking time off. If I try to click on a day, it tells me "You don't ...

How can I track internal email by source IP or Hostname?

Ryan - 4 Apr 2006 5:20 PM - 5 messages

I realize exchange doesn't inject message headers on internal email so I'd like to know if there's a way to track emails by sender IP or hostname. I'd like to set this up for both exchange 2k and 2k3, but 2k in particular. ...

Unblock an email in IMF

Sn - 4 Apr 2006 5:09 PM - 2 messages

I am running Exchange 2003 sp2 and IMF is working just fine. I have also installed IMF companinion to view unblock or delete message. But when I unblock any message it doesnot to the user mailbox, I see messages in the ...

Voice recognition and resource scheduling

cshaffer - 4 Apr 2006 4:29 PM - 2 messages

I am currently testing some voice recognition software ([link]) and in line with the demo there at Carnegie Mellon University I would like my users to call a number and be able to schedule rooms. I have not looked into ...

Relay

Paul C. Charleston - 4 Apr 2006 4:26 PM - 3 messages

I am running Exchange 2003 Standard with about 25 users. I am noticing somehow some is using a non existant account to send mail out through my smtp virtual server. I have relaying turned off except to am IP local to my LAN. ...

pi

Alexander Karnup - 4 Apr 2006 3:51 PM - 2 messages

Dear colleagues, Any ideas of do we need to manually redeploy CA certificates on WM5 empowered mobile devices PDAs after CA certificates will expire? Thank you in advance. ...

Can I Recover Old Mail from Log Files and Information Stores?

Chickenbones - 4 Apr 2006 2:40 PM - 3 messages

I have a client who was running Exchange 2000 in a single-DC environment. Their server crashed. They decided to replace it with a new server and upgrade to Exchange 2003 in the process. On top of that, we took the ...

Taking down an Exchange server in a WAN Environment

claytonmorad - 4 Apr 2006 1:51 PM - 2 messages

I am planning some server maintenance in my Exchange 2000 environment and plan on taking down a remote mail server for a few hours. Can someone tell me what will happen to the mail directed at users who's store resides on that server during that down time? Will it be lost, or ...

Exchange 2003 - SP2

Hutch - 4 Apr 2006 12:47 PM - 2 messages

We are currently running one Exchange Server (2003) on a 2003 AD domain. I am interesting in upgrading Exchange to SP2, to take advantage of the new mobile 5 updates, etc. Looking for feedback on how people have found the upgrade process to be etc. ...

Auto Responder Auto Respond

Ivo - 4 Apr 2006 9:43 AM - 1 message

I know there has been a number of questions relating to this subject but also asking.... Is there an EASY way to auto respond to incoming emails to a particular email address more than once We have Exchange 2003 Many thanks ...

Mail Delivery Failure, forwarding to mailbox w/ delivery restricti

Ben Thompson - 4 Apr 2006 6:27 AM - 1 message

Hi, The following problem is happening with Exchange 2003 Server Enterprise SP1, running on Windows Server 2003 Standard (no service pack). I have two AD mailboxes set up: let's call them Account1 and Account2. The Account1 mailbox is forwarded to Account2, with the "deliver to both ...

Password Prompt In OWA In Options

Wyatt - 3 Apr 2006 10:06 PM - 1 message

In exch 2003 When changing password in OWA before it expires,from options in outlook the instructions in text box are incorrect. Users are told to precede user name with "domain\" but if they do, they are told that there is ...

Mailing Lists - Mercury and Exchange

jeffuk123 - 3 Apr 2006 9:11 PM - 1 message

Hello, A client has the Mercury email software installed on Windows Server 2003. They wish to maintain ONLY the mailing lists on Mercury, but have everything else migrated to Exchange 2003. Does anyone know how to configure this so that the mailing lists are maintained in Mercury and alll else is configured ...

Smpt Queue

Tibor - 3 Apr 2006 8:21 PM - 1 message

I would like to monitor Smtp NTFS store driver queue but am unable to do so via perfmon on a remote host. I am able to view all other queues, such as smtp server remote queue fine. Is there something specific that needst be ...

Exchange 5.5 Masquerade Domain

jama - 3 Apr 2006 5:53 PM - 1 message

Hello all I have inherited a Windows 2000 DC with Exchange 5.5 installed on top. When the server sends mail, it sends it as server.domain_name instead of server.FQDN.com and it gets rejected as syntax error. ...

Exchange Version

Pat - 3 Apr 2006 4:36 PM - 4 messages

I inherited a Exchange in a clustered enviroment. I want to find out what patches have been installed. I can look in Add/Remove but where do i find out if SP1 or SP2 has been installed. By looking at the help file i see that the ...

windows 2000 repair, outllok unable to connect to exchange server

Gary Muller - 3 Apr 2006 3:35 PM - 4 messages

i have repaired a windows 2000 installation aftere replacing the motherboard everything work except the outlook 2003 canot connect to the exchange server. if anyone has had this problem befor your help would be much apreciated. Gary ...

Plain Text and HTML

razornt - 3 Apr 2006 2:39 PM - 2 messages

When we receive an e-mail via HTML text and send a reply our signature is double spaced and everything else seems double spaced. When we receive the plain text items everything is fine. Is it the format of the sender or the ...

Out of office assistant not sending messages.

Christi - 3 Apr 2006 2:34 PM - 4 messages

Exchange 2003 I have one user that the Out of office assistant is not working on. It will turn on and the system accepts it but it will not send any messages out. I have eliminated the windows profile. I logged user into another pc with a ...

pop3

Medo_in_Egypt - 3 Apr 2006 2:27 PM - 2 messages

Dear All, i have here my internal Network, its one domian internal and 50 users. Our mail server its hosted out side, in our ISP, and we are using POP3 accounts to connect to it and bring the E-mail back ...

How to remove OWA Server from Organization

TJC - 3 Apr 2006 2:21 PM - 4 messages

I had two front end Exchange Server 2003 OWA boxes pointing to a backend exchange cluster. One of my OWA boxes crashed and I am going to have to rebuild. Since the server is now out of the Domain and when I rebuild I will ...

disable an application try to use your client.

Per W. - 3 Apr 2006 1:36 PM - 7 messages

When using an application that use Outlook for sending mail/fax then there is a dialog box with a warning and that a program want to use the client for sending mail, how to disable this message? /Per W. ...

Trouble on the Verizon

Croco Stimpy - 3 Apr 2006 11:38 AM - 1 message

Here we go again. Verizon is blocking our mail - again. The error is: #5.5.0 smtp;550 You are not allowed to send mail:sv12pub.verizon.net We have no idea why they would do this. A month ago we asked to be added to ...

Storage Problem - Space not freeing up...?

Scott McDonald - 3 Apr 2006 11:31 AM - 2 messages

Our exchange server has essentially run out of room...250GB's of storage on the drive total. I've gone through and ditched anything and everything I could, reduced logging to 1 days worth, set retension of deleted items & ...

MAPIRPC failed to load

Chieftonw - 3 Apr 2006 1:05 AM - 1 message

I am getting an error in our Application log and have been unable to work out what I need to do to fix it. The error is: Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeIS ...

SP2 install error

Travis Beazley - 2 Apr 2006 8:54 PM - 1 message

Hi There I have just attempted to apply SP2 for Exchange 2003 to an SBS 2003 machine. It previously had SP1. The following errors happened during installation: Mirosoft Exchange System Management Tools: An internal component has failed. ID no: c103798a ...

some items can't be deleted. They were either moved, already dele

JWells - 2 Apr 2006 8:47 AM - 2 messages

When I attempt to delete a post in OWA under Internet Newsgroups I receive this error "some items can't be deleted. They were either moved, already deleted, or access was denied in the public folder." How can I delete these ...

exchange2000 conferencing

Joe - 2 Apr 2006 7:48 AM - 1 message

I setup a conferencing server in my place and I have Aldephia cable. I use no-ip.com to redirect the port 80 so that the conference web site can post the meeting date. The problem I have is that when the client try to connect ...