There has been a rise in the number of instances of email addresses being spoofed. A new technique of masking the sender address by adding a “direct reply to” address, has increased the likelihood that a user will be fooled. The real sender address can only be detected when the user hits reply, at which point the new… Read More »
To update the Symantec Gateway run this from the console Block inbound SMTP from Router Backup VHD Check Version: show –version update list update check update download update install or update install–version 10.6.6-5 Monitor with: tail -f update.log Read Agreement (space) and agree (Y) Verify Version: show –version Enable SMTP from the router If step 6 fails use:… Read More »
Block inbound SMTP from router Mount ISO and boot Logon with: admin & symantec Set time zone: 10 Add ALL previous Ethernet Interfaces Load license and add basic settings Restore the last backup From console reboot Login and verify settings Enable inbound SMTP from router
There is no direct upgrade to 2013. 2010 is the preferred intermediate version
This will work for moving PFs from 2007 or 2010 to 2013 or 2016
This is caused when the SSL certificate is imported into IIS and the selection to allow it to be Exported is not chosen.
You can export entire mailboxes (smaller than 50GB) to PST, from the Exchange console: New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox “Amy Smith” -FilePath “\\Server\Share\AmySmith.pst” To get Status of the request: Get-MailboxExportRequest | Get-MailboxExportRequestStatistics | fl These should be output to a fast drive with plenty of capacity (not a shadow copy volume). When decommissioning a user account move the file to the… Read More »
Thank heavens you aren’t the first. Here is a blog entry to save you.
Reverse DNS or rDNS is one of the older methods used to verify an email was sent from the domain. It is a record created by the ISP and not the DNS records associated with the domain. It should be setup anytime an ISP is added or changed. Each ISP has their own way of setting these up… Read More »
To prevent loss of data on Dell servers, firmware and Windows drivers for the RAID controllers must be updated as new versions are released. Use Dell Open Manage to determine which RAID controller you have. Collect your system Service tag. (CMD: WMIC csproduct) Go to support.dell.com and enter your service tag. Narrow the category down to SAS Raid.… Read More »
To recover an Exchange database: 1) Run eseutil /mh E:\Exchange\mailbox.edb If the state is Clean Shutdown skip to step 4 2)Verify Logs are not damaged: eseutil /ml E:\Exchange\Log\E01 (path ends with the first 3 characters of log files to be inspected) 3) Try eseutil /r E00 /a /t /d E:\Exchange\Mailbox.edb /l E:\Exchange\Log For this error: “Operation terminated with… Read More »
This post will walk through the NMS standard process for virtualizing a server using the utility Disk2vhd v2.01 or greater.
This is usually achieved through Active Directory policies. Most documents and guides will tell you that you just need to turn off three policies in Windows 2008, under Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options:
How To Delegate the Unlock Account Right (It’s rather buried)
Find the Scanners IP For a local scanner find the LAN IP of the Scanner For a remote office: Find the external WAN IP of the office via www.aboutmyip.com Go To: Exchange admin center>MailFlow> receive connectors Find the connector that works on port 25 and go to scoping Add the IP From step 1 to the section:“Receive mail… Read More »
Server 2008 can be managed by installing remote server administration tools (RSAT, very specific version requirements!) Same can be done with Win8 and up and Server 2012 and up… Win7, however, is a bit more complicated.
Installing in a terminal server environment and a window pops up saying “Windows Installer Coordinator” is preparing for first time use.
AutoDiscover must be configured or Outlook 2016 will be unable to connect to Exchange Server. Outlook 2016 retrieves Exchange connectivity settings directly from AutoDiscover instead of the registry, making profiles more reliable, but that also makes AutoDiscover a required feature. If you have not yet configured AutoDiscover, you will need to do this prior to deploying Outlook 2016.… Read More »
Some things can be done in the GUI, lots require powershell. Part 1 Part 2
Get-ExchangeServer | Format-Table Name, *Version* Get-ExchangeServer | Format-List Name, Edition, AdminDisplayVersion Here is the list of versions:
In Server 2012 the tabs for Agent, Traps and Security are missing? “In order for the SNMP management-tabs to show, the Remote Server and Administration Tools feature SNMP Tools must also be installed.”
Email that you send on behalf of someone is not saved in their Sent Items folder https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2181579 There is a registry key to allow this but it is not available after 2007 without applying the hotfix to outlook. There are more variations detailed here: (ie, Exchange 2010 outlook 2013)
Apparently some mail servers/spam appliances are using a Cisco service that monitors email and web traffic. http://www.senderbase.org/ punch in your IP and find out what they think of you…. I have yet to figure out what to do about things like a “Neutral” rating which apparently will get you bounced. (Please add any info if you find it)… Read More »
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In this example abaldwin is granted reviewer access to jjohnson’s calendar: get-mailbox -identity “jjohnson”| foreach {Add-MailboxfolderPermission $_”:\calendar” -User “abaldwin” -AccessRights Reviewer} To do this for an entire Co. use Excel and a list of all users then use Concatenate to edit the individual cmdlets which can be pasted in bulk to PowerShell.
This is caused after a new SSL Certificate is installed on Exchange. To resolve this go to IIS MMC find the certificate hash for the new cert then run the following PowerShell commands: Enable-ExchangeCertificate CertificateHash -Services SMTP Enable-ExchangeCertificate CertificateHash -Services IIS
Pre-install: Contact ISP and setup a Reverse DNS Record on public IP if not reusing existing. First, decommission and uninstall all Exchange servers older than 2007. Add the Feature: Media Foundation: Install-WindowsFeature Server-Media-Foundation Next load the following components: Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 Runtime, Filter Pack 2010 x64, Filter Pack 2010 SP1 x64 Run the install package that… Read More »