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February 2008 - Posts

Blog Tags were not working
I've added the following to web.config to allow these to work: <security> <requestFiltering allowDoubleEscaping="True" /> </security> I added it just before the </system.webserver> tag. Read More...
Moved to new server
We are now running on Server 2008. Let me know of any issues please! Read More...
Virtual Server on Server 2008
You must remember to add the CGI service role to IIS 7.0: http://www.hostingforum.ca/838516-virtual-server-2005-sp1-vista-x64-vswebapp-exe-being-downloaded-instead-executed.html Read More...
How-to Create antispam reports
There are a number of reports avaiable in Exchange Management Shell. You must first change into the scripts directory (cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts) and then try the following: get-AntispamFilteringReport.ps1 get-AntispamSCLHistogram.ps1 Read More...
How-to Enable antispam updates on a single Exchange 2007 server
There is a handy little script that you can run from the Exchange Management Shell: InstallAntispamAgents.ps1 To update manually: Get-AntspamUpdates To update automatically: Enable-AntispamUpdates -UpdateMode Automatic Read More...
How-to Allow a distribution group to receive mail from the internet
Found the answer here: http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/07/new-distribution-groups-do-not-receive_31.html Use the following command in Exchange management shell: Set-DistributionGroup "Group Name" -RequireSenderAuthenticationEnabled $false Read More...
How-to grant Sendas for Distribution Groups
Found the answer here: http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/03/how-to-assign-sendas-right-using.html Run the following in Exchange Management shell: Add-AdPermission "Distribution Group Name" -user "Mailbox Name" -AccessRights extendedright -ExtendedRights Read More...
How-to Backup Exchange 2007 on Server 2008
After all the hassle of getting Exchange 2007 setup yesterday, I found that I had no way to backup my Exchange 2007 server running on Server 2008. For whatever reason, Microsoft do not supply NTBackup and there is no in-built way of backing up Exchange Read More...
Exchange 2007 on Server 2008
What a day! I've learnt a hard lesson today. Never unbind IPv6 from Server 2008 if its running Exchange 2007. I had some problems adding some Vista laptops to a Server 2008 domain today. I couldn't determine if it was SP1 RC1, UAC being turned off or Read More...
Problems installing and using Exchange 2007
I'm upgrading my Exchange 2003 organisation to Exchange 2007 this weekend, as a reinforced learning experience for when I begin to deploy Exchange 2007 for a major customer. I had a couple of problems: A setup error occured: "[ERROR] Access to the path Read More...