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of server virtualization was initially introduced, the primary motivation behind it was to make better use of underutilized hardware. Servers that run protocols and services such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or Domain Name System (DNS) will often only use 10% to 20% of their available resources.

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Oct 27, 2008
my Exchange 2003 server, I decided to try another method. First, I shut down all Exchange-related services to prevent the server from receiving any more mail. Once those services were shut down, I verified that the machine was running Windows Server 2003 SP2 (this is extremely important) and performed a full... More...
Oct 15, 2008
email messages

If you want constant access to information, Exchange ActiveSync is the best choice. When Exchange ActiveSync downloads email, the mail is stored locally on the device. This means that, even if you lose Internet connectivity, you still have access to the messages that were downloaded. For... More...

Sep 30, 2008
for it within the folder hierarchy. Outlook also prompts you to specify the type of data the folder should contain (Figure D). Set the Folder Contains option to Mail and Post Items.


Figure D. You can create a new Outlook folder that corresponds to a SharePoint site.

Click OK. The new folder will be created in the... More...

Jun 24, 2008
to re-think their beliefs on where Exchange Server information stores are best placed. Previously, an individual Exchange server could handle only so much mail; enough local disks could be procured to handle the load. Although disk capacity continues to increase and costs are decreasing, this trend won't... More...
Jun 12, 2008
calls to public folder servers. A Reconnect button at the bottom of the screen lets you terminate existing connections and reestablish connectivity.

Test E-Mail AutoConfiguration

Figure 3 shows the Test E-Mail AutoConfiguration option. I'm not logged in, so this screen doesn't show much. For security reasons, I... More...

May 20, 2008
they also can move or delete messages from mailbox folders.

Assigning a delegate full access to a mailbox does not grant the delegate the rights to send mail from the other user's mailbox however. If a delegate needs to send mail from another user's mailbox, then you must assign the user Send on Behalf of... More...

May 15, 2008
an HTML file that allows you to view the contents of the exported folder, with hotlinks to open each message. The tree view is a nice feature that shows all of the mail folders and subfolders. Any folder that has subfolders can be selected in one of two ways: Individually or with all of its subfolders. This way you can... More...
Apr 15, 2008
is relatively simple, and requires you to obtain only the SMTP address you want to use, and which account or distribution list alias you want to use to receive mail. If you're running an environment with hundreds or thousands of users, and your email address is Administrator@litwareinc.com, you will receive all... More...
Apr 8, 2008
Even in a properly functioning Exchange 2003 SMTP queue, corrupt messages can become stuck and cause mail flow issues. Performance Monitor (Perfmon) is a tool within Exchange Server Setup that can be configured to alert administrators when any SMTP queues... More...
Mar 19, 2008
denser memory modules in fewer slots.

Microsoft breaks down recommended memory allocations for Exchange 2007 servers based on their roles. For example, a mail server will probably need 2 GB plus 2 MB to 5 MB per mailbox, with a recommended maximum of 32 GB. By those calculations, a 32 GB mail server could... More...

Mar 14, 2008
Outlook you're using. For this example, suppose that you're running Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista.

Open the Control Panel and click on User Accounts, and then the Mail link.

Vista will display the Mail Setup dialog box. Click on Show Profiles, followed by Add.

Follow the prompts to create a profile that can be used... More...

Mar 11, 2008
folders beneath it will appear in the details pane. If you right click on an individual public folder, you can delete it, update the folder's contents, mail-enable the public folder or access its properties sheet.

Right click on a folder and select Properties to view three tabs: General, Replication and... More...

Feb 27, 2008
server to listen on the secondary IP address.

Select the Delivery tab, and then Advanced.

Configure the virtual server to use a smart host to forward all mail through the outbound SMTP virtual server.

Enter its IP address in brackets, such as [192.168.0.3].

Configure the outbound SMTP virtual server to... More...

Feb 20, 2008
or several Internet connections, you still must route your email through Edge Transport servers. An MX record specifies the IP address of the organization's mail server. If you have an Edge Transport server in place, then the MX record should point to that server's IP address.

If you have multiple Edge Transport... More...

Dec 13, 2007
fail when SSL is enabled and enforced.

The Exchange administrator configured IIS to redirect users automatically from a second-tier domain (e.g., https://mail.x.com) to the proper OWA directory (i.e., https://mail.x.com/exchange). He also wanted to provide a redirect from http://mail.x.com to https://mail.company.com. However... More...

Dec 12, 2007

Microsoft Outlook email rules are quite robust, but they have a few limitations. Auto-Mate is a third-party add-on tool that creates additional mail rules, expanding on Microsoft Outlook's sometimes restrictive email rule functionality. The tool runs on Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2007.

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Dec 11, 2007
last 10 folders used, which limits heavy Outlook users who tend to utliize the email client as a multi-tiered and complex file-folder system. In addition, mail-sorting rules don't always work properly and can be a nuisance to manage.

The SpeedFiler utility offers several features that help simplify... More...

Nov 13, 2007

To reactivate a dormant search folder, a user simply has to click on it to reset its clock to zero (0). A new query will then run against all messages in the mail folder.

When you enable the Keep Search Folders Offline policy, you must enter the number of days that search folders should be kept alive in offline or... More...

Oct 30, 2007
to back up and restore Microsoft Outlook settings. It can also save and restore the Windows Address Book, Internet Explorer settings, custom forms and mail data. Backups can be written to a self-extracting .exe file, so the tool itself isn't needed to restore the data on a target computer.

The utility is called... More...

Oct 24, 2007
92;ParametersSystem\InternetContent, create a new Multi-String Value with the name AdditionalSafeURLScheme. Set the value to NOTES. You can add more protocols by comma-delineating them.

NOTE: If you have a front-end/back-end environment, you'll need to configure this change on both the front-end and back-end... More...

Oct 16, 2007
Autodiscover service's URL will be https://utena.ohtori.org/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml.

If the FQDN in the replacement certificate uses something like mail.ohtori.org, this will create a mismatch and you'll get the aforementioned error.

The best way to fix this is not to create a new security certificate -- that... More...

Sep 5, 2007
t be able to centrally manage all your Exchange servers in such a deployment. Also, you'll probably have to treat the Exchange 2007 organization like a foreign mail system linked to your organization.

Take a look at your domain controllers, too. Exchange 2007 will support the use of Windows 2000 domain controllers... More...

Sep 4, 2007
have reported an SMTP greylisting problem on Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Email sent from an Exchange 2003 SP2 machine to another mail server using greylisting does not get delivered. But it doesn't fail either -- it just sits around in a kind of digital limbo until the SMTP service is... More...
Aug 29, 2007
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