It’s harder than you’d think to produce a list of all the e-mail addresses that are on your Exchange server. I found a Visual Basic script that will produce such a list. A sample entry for a single user looks like this: cn: David Schragmail: david@schrag.netProxy Addressessmtp:David@schrag.localsmtp:dschrag@schrag.netSMTP:david@schrag.netsmtp:dave@schrag.net (I really should have replaced the @ symbol […]
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David, usually when I have Outlook open my mail comes in automatically, but now I have to hit Send/Receive every time. How do I fix this? I get asked this question at least once a month, so I figured it was worth writing up here. If Outlook loses its connection to the Exchange server for […]
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Note: Before following any of the instructions below, think carefully about their consequences. A client asked me this question today: In Outlook, is there a way to change the subject line when using the outof office assistant? For instance, we have a former employee’s emailaccount that says she is no longer with our company but […]
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This is not a very interesting issue for the “masses.” I’m posting this in the hope that someone else will find it later and be spared some time troubleshooting. Here was the scenario: Server: SBS 2003 Standard SP1, Exchange 2003 SP2 Don and Jorge have WM5 phones Don had absolutely no problem synchronizing his phone […]
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How many times has this happened to you? Somebody wants all the mail addressed to a generic address like info@theirdomain.com to be forwarded to a particular user account. So you go into the user account properties in Active Directory and try to add an SMTP address on the E-mail Addresses tab. But oops! You get […]
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Lots of folks keep asking me about the iPhone. I still advise against it for anyone using Microsoft Exchange for e-mail, at least until there are proven solutions that make it just as good as Windows Mobile and Blackberry for full wireless synchronization of e-mail, calendar, and contacts. Here’s another review that covers all the […]
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I got the following e-mail this morning from a client: David: Please advise what I should be doing as a result of getting this warning which I have been receiving for about three weeks now… —–Original Message—– From: System Administrator Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:00 AM To: [name withheld] Subject: Your mailbox is over […]
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I am amazed that in all these years I have never had to learn how to do this before. Fortunately, Daniel Petri shows us the way: Enable Password Changing through OWA in Exchange 2003 The only deviations I had to make from those instructions were: 1. In the “Create a new REG-DWORD value ….” In SBS03, that […]
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Suppose Joe leaves the company and is replaced by Jane. Joe had a company-owned Pocket PC that Jane will now use. What do you do? You wouldn’t think this would be so much of a challenge, but the steps are actually hidden pretty well. The answer was posted at Experts Exchange. Scroll all the way […]
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Problem: Remote user reports he is unable to connect to shared network drive over PPTP VPN. Troubleshooting: Tried connecting to VPN from my computer. Could not connect. Conclusion: remote user is neither stupid nor crazy. Tried to telnet to server over port 1723. Could not connect. Checked firewall logs for dropped connections on port 1723. […]
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