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I'm moving all my locally hosted content to cloud based servers. So far I have moved my email to Google Apps For Your Domain and I have created a new blog (no content yet) to replace this one. The Gmail move went pretty well as all I had to do was update
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In Exchange 2003, it was very easy to build a dynamic distribution group with the GUI. Exchange 2007 is much more limited unless you use Powershell. I needed to create a dynamic distribution group targeting a particular server, as long as the user mailboxes
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1. Use powershell from an Exchange 2007 box to generate a certificate request (all on one line and replace italics with your details): New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest:$true -Path C:\ NewCert.req -DomainName fqdn1.domain.tld,fqdn1,fqdn2.domain.tld,fqdn2
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I had a corrupted mailbox, so created a temporary store to move the mailbox into. I then wanted to run an isinteg on this store before returning the mailbox back to the original store. The first part went ok, but when I went to run isinteg I received
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This ( KB949870 ), was applied by Windows Update last night, and I woke up to no incoming email. On investigation, I found that there was no smtp (25) port open, and that the Microsoft Exchange Transport hadn't started after the reboot. I attempted to
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After rebooting my Exchange server because of DNS issue, the DPM protection stopped. Further investigation found this in the event log: The DPMRA service terminated with service-specific error 10048 (0x2740). Google found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947682
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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