Exchange Server

As we all know, Exchange Server 2007 is a lot different from previous versions of Exchange.  One of the changes that Microsoft made in creating Exchange Server 2007 was to get rid of the Recipient Update Service.  In case you’re not familiar with the Recipient Update Service, it was the mechanism responsible for stamping e-mail…

How can I view the Public Folder Tree Type in Exchange 2000/2003? All MAPI clients can access the default Public Folders tree to read messages and store documents. When you create alternate public folder trees for applications or Web browsers to access, the alternate tree is not available to MAPI clients; however, applications and Web…

Can I recover deleted items through Outlook 2003 in Exchange 2003? Can I recover hard-deleted items through Outlook? Of course you can. Deleted items that are deleted via OWA or the regular Outlook client can be easily recovered, as long as the items that were deleted we not purged from the Exchange store. See Using…

Almost every Exchange administrator would like to see his Exchange servers and the relations between them in one visual map. Using Microsoft ExMap, you will be able to see in one diagram, all the exchange servers, including versions, in the relevant administrative groups, the SMTP connectors and the routing groups connectors. In this article I…

If you decide to use Outlook as the client for your Exchange deployment, than one of the biggest administrative tasks associated with the deployment is going to be deploying Outlook.  Although there are a number of system management utilities that can be used to distribute software, it is possible to deploy Outlook by making some…

How can I test to see if my SMTP service is ready to receive incoming mail? There are a couple of ways to verify if the SMTP service is working properly: Testing with an e-mail client First, you can choose to use a standard Internet e-mail client program, such as Microsoft Outlook Express, for a…

Exchange 2003 on a Domain Controller or “Why does my Exchange 2003 server take 10 minutes or more to shutdown” and other problems It seems that most users that install Exchange Server 2003 on a Windows Server 2003 machine that is also configured as a Domain Controller may experience a slow shutdown when they try…

Setting mailbox limits over 2GB in Exchange 2003 Exchange Server 2000/2003 allows the Exchange Administrator to set limits on the mailboxes of users in the Exchange Organization (read Setting Mailbox Limits, Working with Store Policies and Overwriting Mailbox Store Policy Limits for more info). Setting limits on the mailboxes help control the database size and…

How can I send an e-mail message from a script? There are a few simple ways to send e-mail messages from the command prompt or from within a script. Here are 5 of my favorites (listed at no particular order): Method #1: MAILSEND If you want to send a single e-mail message or hundreds of…

How to reset the Nickname and Automatic Completion cache in Outlook XP? Outlook 2002 maintains a nickname list that is used by both the automatic name checking and the automatic completion features. The nickname list is automatically generated as you use Outlook. If the nickname cache is corrupted, Outlook may not be able to identify…