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Can't remove Site Replication in Exchange 2003
I am in the process of decommissioning our last Exchange 2003 server. All mailboxes and public folders have been moved, and all routing connectors as well. The Exchange 2010 server is performing ...
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Remotely search across all user mailboxes as an Exchange administrator
Using WMI (Exchange 2003) or PowerShell (Exchange 2007+) is it possible to search across all user mailboxes in an Exchange environment?
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How to hide the Server / Domain name from Exchange Server 2003 users?
I have an Exchange Server 2003 where it is important to me to hide the server and domain names from the users for political reasons.
When a Microsoft Office Outlook user attempts to Login to his ...
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Exchange Relay to External Contacts - Vulnerable to spam?
We have a distribution group setup on our SBS 2003 server, it has a an exchange email address and contains members from within the company, including a few contacts setup that have external addresses. ...
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Exchange 2003 - is mixed authentication possible (user/pwd & whitelist IP)?
I am working with a client who has user/password authentication in place for their Exchange 2003 server. However, the application I am assisting them with will be running on a server inside their ...
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Error while sending email using our own server: Sender is probably forged (SPF Softfail)
I have an email account from our own server and I can't send any emails and I'd appreciate any help with fixing it.
This is the error I'm getting:
Sender is probably forged (SPF Softfail)
Our mail ...
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What's wrong with my Exchange Server 2003 installation?
In a testing environment, I have a windows server 2008 Standard that functions as a domain controller for the domain MyDomain.com. I have another similar machine that is a domain controller of a child ...
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Remove priv1.edb from functioning Exchange 2003 server
I have an Exchange 2003 server (Exchange1) that is just about to run out of space on the partition where the priv1.edb database is located. We have another fully functional Exchange 2003 server ...
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Exchange 2003 returns timeout while waiting on response
Exchange 2003 returns the following error to a sender:
error from remote server after mail text:
host [mail.domain.com][x.x.x.x]:
timeout while waiting on response
What does this mean? And how can ...
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Missing/lost message, Outlook/Exchange, where has it gone?
One Outlook user claims to have not seen one mail message. It is not in any of his mail folders, not in the deleted folder, not in the list of recoverable deleted items (items held by exchange after ...
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Why am I receiving postmaster emails?
I'm in the process of migrating our environment from Exchange 2003 to 2010. For a while now, I have been receiving messages from postmaster@domain.com, most of which look like this:
To: Me
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Wrong MoveServerName when moving Exchange 2003 mailbox to Exchange 2010
We have two sites with Exchange 2003 servers. We have two new Exchange 2010 servers in the organisation (one on each site). Let's call them LT-old (2003) LT-new (2010) MK-old (2003) and MK-new ...
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Moving exchange database to another Exchange 2003
I have to move the Exchange 2003 server from one server machine to another due a hardware failure of the old machine. Both servers are in the same domain. The old machine is defect but I have a backup ...
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Workaround for POP3 and catchall mailbox multiple emails issue
I previously had an issue where emails sent to multiple users would appear multiple times per user (see this thread).
I have discovered the source of the issue lies in the fact that multiple emails ...
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Emails to multiple recipients get delivered multiple times per user
One of our clients has been having problems where whenever an external email has multiple recipients on their domain, each recipients receives it a matching number of times (see below). This only ...
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Removed recipients number limitation still affects on Exchange 2003
We have an Exchange 2003 cluster in wich we have limited the number of recipients in the past. We deleted it but it's still affecting our service. I have moved the services to the other node (it's an ...
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Exchange 2003 issue after changing external DNS mx record
We currently use an external spam filter service that forwards our incoming mail to our internal exchange server. We have decided to stop this service and use Sophos pure messgage on our exchange ...
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Thunderbird 15.0.1 cannot use Exchange 2003 SMTP
I'm having the strangest time getting a Thunderbird email client to connect to my Exchange 2003 server.
I got the incoming IMAP account set up no problem, and I can receive mail. However sending mail ...
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Exchange - inbound email only works from some servers
I am having a problem where inbound mail from outside only works when sent from certain hosts.
For example, when I send myself an email from my personal gmail account all is well, as the logs show:
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Exchange Server fails at 04:54 every morning
My Exchange Server 2003 (running on Windows Server 2003) fails at around 04:54 on a regular basis, though not necessarily every day.
By "fails" I mean that my colleagues try and check their emails ...
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Mount Exchange 2003 Database in Exchange 2010 in SBS 2011?
So the scenario I am facing is where I had an old SBS 2003 server. I used Outlook to export emails to a PST, saved on a USB and then imported them back into the new SBS 2011 server (two different ...
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User Email not working for local users
I have a user that I needed to delete and then re-create her email account (Exchange 2003). I haven't had issues doing this before but for some reason this time any user sending mail to her gets a ...
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Restore Exchange 2003 database to disk on a server not running Exchange
I need to restore an Exchange 2003 database to disk on a server that is not running Microsoft Exchange, would that be possible? or would Backup Exec only restore to a server running Exchange?
If it ...
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Exchange 2010 Block Internet Email, with exceptions
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We are in the process of our Exchange2003 to Exchange 2010 migration (SBS2003 to Win2008/Exchange2010). All the mailboxes have been transferred to the Exchange 2010 server, but we are ...
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Convert Public Folder to Shared Mailbox
Due to a change in company policy, all existing Public Folders (PF) have to be phased out in favour of shared mailboxes. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have any procedures or guidelines for this ...
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Which tool mangles URL-s this way?
I sent an e-mail to my customer with an URL in it. In the receiving end, the URL turned out like this: "http://--esfsecev-ty3013------------------------------------------------------/". Googling for ...
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How to extract attachments from Exchange 2003 database
I have an ancient Exchange 2003 server that I'm getting ready to retire. All user accounts have been migrated to Google Apps for Business, so no new mail is being sent or received on the server. There ...
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Per-mailbox IMAP settings in Exchange 2003 apply successfully but revert to server default
The title says most of it.
I have a Spiceworks mailbox that connects to our Exchange Server 2003 box via IMAP for receiving help desk issues. But for complicated reasons, I want it to receive those ...
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Clarifying terminology: MAPI vs RPC/HTTPS vs Outlook Anywhere
Will someone correct or verify my understanding of the following terms:
MAPI (sometimes referred to as TCP)
The on-the-wire RPC protocol format that Outlook uses with Exchange server. The client ...
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x500 and LegacyExchangeDN
We have exchange 2010, there are several users, who were migrated from exchange 2003. We encountered several problems with x500 records. We modified x500 records to the right form, but after few weeks ...
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Exchange 2003 OWA not prompting for username
When logging onto exchange 2003 OWA, I am no longer prompted for a username and password and get taken directly to the inbox of whoever the logged in windows user. The problem is I have some kiosk ...
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Mass-Forward Email in Exchange 2003
I've got an Exchange 2003 account that was once set to forward to an external address but got disabled at some point. That external user now wants the forwarding turned back on and everything in the ...
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How to share datastores between multiple exchange servers?
I have an Exchange 2003 box that is seriously overstressed.
I want to transfer its duties to a new and faster box.
I don't cannot suffer downtime, so I have to do this stuff live.
Here's what I ...
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Public Folders - Delete Public Folders from 2003 after migrating to 2010 (via Adsiedit) - safe?
Similar Question: How do I delete a public store in Exchange 2003?
We are ready to remove our Exchange 2003 server after having migrated all public folders and mailboxes to 2010.
We ran for a week ...
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Completely Remove an Exchange Cluster even though it's cluster info is long gone?
With the proviso that I realize I screwed the pooch on this, here's my situation.
We used to have an Exchange 2003 two-node cluster. Several years back we migrated to Google Apps. When we did that, ...
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Exchange 2003 (Outlook 2010 Client) Internel Distribution List Issue
I have a problem with Exchange 2003 and distribution lists. When I post to any single user inside the company, I've got no problems sending mail. If I use a distribution list, then the arrival of ...
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How to list the contents of an Exchange 2003 Mailbox
All, I am attempting to export a listing of the contents of Exchange 2003 mailboxes to a CSV file. Specifically, I am trying to retrieve the folder path, subject, size, received time, sent time ...
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Recover missing Exchange items
We are a small office with 6 computers, running Exchange 2003 on office server. Each client computer has Mozilla Thunderbird installed with IMAP connection to Exchange Server.
Few days ago we ...
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Exchange routing change advice
I need some tips advice how to configure Exchange 2003 so that:
Internal users users@domain.com send an email to any@servername
All emails directed at @servername will be routed to another (local ...
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Restoring mailbox from an old copy of priv1.edb and priv1.stm files
Technical Info:
Exchange Server 2003 in a mixed AD 2003/2008 environment on a Windows Server 2003 Standard 32-bit computer.
Background: We recently changed backup solutions. Of course, just before we ...
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Create Email Alias for Public Calendar in Exchange 2003
We've recently re-created a public calendar on our Exchange Server 2003 after our previous instance of exchange crashed. We call the calendar DevTeam since its for our development team to post public ...
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how can I set up a exchange server at smb.local
I have two VM, one is exchange server, and the other is client with outlook installed.
I can view the exchange server at http://192.168.1.2/exchange at the client vm, and I want to set up a smtp ...
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Exchange - Memory Pages per Second Bursting
I just started monitoring an Exchange server (SBS 2003) using Zabbix yesterday, and during the night I received several alerts for the Memory Pages per Second indicator acting bursty and jerky:
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Is Weekly Online Defrag of SBS 2003 Exchange Store Frequent Enough?
(this post is a bit lengthy, so advTHANKSance for those who who stick with it to the end)
I have a client whose SBS 2003 server suddenly started crashing every night. The symptoms of the crash ...
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Exchange 2003 - Internal only group allow external delivery
I have a situation, where there are users in a group, who are only allowed to email internally.
I have created an external domain, which i need to allow that internal group to be able to send to, but ...
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Recover hard deleted items from Exchange
My MD had a clear out of her mailbox (anything from september 2011 back to 2005 was deleted!) she is now majorly regretting this as there was contracts etc etc in there.
Now I have looked in OWA but ...
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How to Recover Mailbox from old NTBackup Exchange Backup File
I have a backup file that was created by NTBackup from which I need to recover a mailbox (preferably in PST format).
Is it possible to extract this from this BKF backup file? We're running Exchange ...
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Exchange won't start after AD restore
We have restored our active directory from a backup and now exchange won't start for some reason. The service that won't start is the Microsoft Exchange Information Store. It comes up with this ...
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Can't find how to remove forwarding
I have inherited a SBS2003 server from another tech. He created a user named Customer Service, and somehow configured mail sent to this account to be forwarded to 2 internal users, lets call them ...
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How do I restore Public Folders in Exchange 2003 using NTBackup?
Our Exchange 2003 server had a catastrophic failure which corrupted the contents of the Exchange databases. Soft recovery failed due to excessive corruption. At 72GB, a hard recovery was not really ...
