A couple of useful EPO and Protection Pilot fixes:

The first problem which seems common is constant DCOM 10021 errors:

To fix these, go here.

The second problem is what happens when someone has changed the service account password!

To sort this out look here.

Here is a link to a detailed article about Exchange routing.

Link to article:

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An interesting article by Brian Posey on showing Sender ID details in Outlook

Here is a link to the article:

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How to setup SPF for your domain:

Here is a link to an article discussing the setup of SPF records for a domain:

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Also below, is a link to the online site setup to help with the process:

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Cool Exchange sites

Hopefully these links will be useful to people, they are all interesting Exchange related sites:

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Computer Performance: Exchange 2003 (Computer Performance) 22 Aug 2005
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Exchange Server 2003 Support Center (Microsoft) 22 Aug 2005
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Exchange Server TechCenter (Microsoft) 22 Aug 2005
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Microsoft Exchange Server Home (Microsoft) 22 Aug 2005
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MSD2D.com: Microsoft Exchange Server (MSD2D.com) 22 Aug 2005
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MSExchange.org (MSExchange.org) 22 Aug 2005
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OutlookCode.com (OutlookCode.com) 22 Aug 2005
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Slipstick.com (Slipstick.com) 22 Aug 2005
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WindowsITPro: Exchange and Outlook (WindowsITPro) 22 Aug 2005
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You Had Me at EHLO (Microsoft) 22 Aug 2005

Ever get Userenv 1054 errors!

If you find that you are getting a load of userenv 1054 errors here is a possible solution.

It is likely that the machine is running over a relatively slow link and the slow link GPO policy is preventing download of GPOs.

Therefore you must edit the registry and enter a value to define slow links.

I have set and entry of 10000 in decimal.

See the link below for more details:

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Another couple of links here could also be useful:

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Problem with updates not installing WSUS.

If you are having problems with certain PCs not being able to install updates downloaded from WSUS or windows update try the process in the link below:

Basically stoping the Auto updates service, deleting the softwaredistribution folder from the Windows directory and restarting the service.

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Brilliant set of webcasts all about Exchange

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/tnexchangeserver.mspx

Auditing object access: How to:

Here is a link to the Microsoft site regarding object access auditing:

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How to use the Exchange Mailbox Recovery Center

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Here is a link to the MS site.

Send as permissions for Exchange

When setting up send as permissions for a user on Exchange recently I had some problems.

Even though I followed the article KB327000 (Link) it wouldn't work.

I kept getting bounce back messages stating a permissions problem.

I then remembered something I read whilst setting up Exmerge permissions that about using groups for permissions.

I setup a new global group and added the user and then the send as works fine.

Strange! I am sure it usually works just with users on the ACE but still maybe this will work for someone else also.

Cheers
Nathan

Another good Exchange site:

I expect a lot of people know this one already but, below is a great Exchange site:

www.msexchange.org

Quick SBS 2003 restore tip!

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note;

When building a new SBS 2003 server, remember that disk quotas are enabled by default.

Otherwise, when you do a restore from tape you will find that part way through you are told there is not enough disk space left!

Obviously it is the quotas kicking in. Diasable them and the restore will continue!

Cheers
Nathan

How to migrate the content and approval from one WSUS server to another.

Hi,

Today I had to setup a WSUS server where there was no Internet connectivity.

So, how do you get the updates!

Well, luckily, I have a WSUS server at home already full of updates. To move them to the new WSUS server, I did the following:

1. Copy the contents of the "WsusContent" directory to removable drive.
2. Export the approvals database by using: "%ProgramFiles%\Update Services\Tools\wsusutil export c:\export.cab c:\exportlog.txt
3. I then copied the export.cab file and the WSUSContect directory to the new server.
4. Once WSUS was installed on the new server, I setup the language, approval and sync settings to be the same as the source server.
5. I then ran; "%ProgramFiles%\Update Services\Tools\wsusutil import c:\export.cab c:\exportlog.txt

The last part can take a while as it imports all the info into the database.

At that point you should have a WSUS server complete with approved updates and no Internet connection!

PS. Here is a link to the WSUS deployment guide: Link

Testing POP3 access using Telnet

Hi,

I was putting in a new SBS install today and wanted to test access to the global POP3 mailbox before entering credentials onto the server.

To test this, I did the following:

Open CMD prompt

Type: telnet host.domain.xxx 110

Type: user username

Type: pass password

At this point, you should be logged onto your server.

Now you can use the following commands:

List: Lists the contents of the mailbox with the mail ID
Retr ID: Allows to you view mail on screen
Dele ID: Lets you delete mail
Rset: Undoes any changes
Stat: Shows size of mailbox and no. of items
Quit: Closes the connection

Hope this is useful to people.

Cheers
Nathan

Interesting article about Password Policies, do we need them?

Link to article:

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Three useful RIS links.

Here are three useful RIS links.

I will follow up shortly with a post describing how I finally managed to overcome the domain joining problem I was having.

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By the way, Happy New Year to everyone.

Cheers
Nathan

Article by Serdar Yegulalp about viewing message headers in OWA

Link to article:

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Article by Brian Posey about Certs and OWA/OMA

Link to article:

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Introduction to Information Rights Management by Brian Posey

Here is a link to the article:

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