Exchange Server

How can I move Exchange Databases and Logs from one disk to another in Exchange 2000/2003? When you install Exchange 2000/2003 on your server the setup program installs and configures Exchange in a default directory under the C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr folder. Although this is the default setup, in order to facilitate better hard disk performance and…

You may receive the following error message when you try to mount a mailbox or public store: An internal processing error has occurred. Try restarting the Exchange System Manager or the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service, or both. ID no: c1041724 In the Application event log, you may also receive following events. Event Type: Error…

In Exchange 2003 the Anti-Spam system is part of the exchange installation and can be enabled or disabled by marking the relevant component on the SMTP Virtual Server: https://petri.com/block_spam_with_exchange_2003.htm Exchange 2007 is built differently and a new element called Edge was added in order to handle Spam and Viruses, and because of this the traditional…

This article provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the included Outlook Inbox Repair Tool, also known as Scanpst.exe From time to time, the .pst or Personal Folders file used for everything (email, calendar, contacts, tasks & more) in Outlook gets corrupted, damaged, or otherwise negatively affected on a seemingly regular basis. Luckily there’s…

Harnessing the power of Ambiguous Name Resolution (ANR) Understanding ANR The computer industry loves acronyms. Acronyms save time, instead of having to utter long sentences and waste time; you can speak the latest buzzword in the form of an acronym and in addition to saving time you will also sound cool… The following article deals…

One of the tasks associated with the new DST changes is identifying Public Folder calendars, and their associated owners. In order to do so you can use the PFDAVAdmin tool that is freely available from Microsoft. The PFDAVAdmin tool can be used to perform various management tasks related to public folders and mailboxes. It can…

Working with messaging products for many years I’ve noticed that a popular question on Exchange and Outlook forums is how to block email originating from specific countries or world regions. It is possible in both Outlook and Exchange, with varying degrees of success (read my “Filtering E-mail by Regions in Outlook 2003/2007” article for more…

In my previous article – “Filtering E-mail by World Regions in Exchange Server 2003“, I wrote about a way to block e-mail originating from specific countries. Although this can be done at the Exchange server level, sometimes, in cases where a user wants to block certain areas of the world from sending him or her…

Many features found in earlier versions of Microsoft Exchange Server have been removed from Exchange 2007. Some of these features have replaced by other Microsoft products, other simply do not exist, and require you to keep an older version of Exchange 2000/2003 if you wish to continue using them. This article describes the components, features…

You should consider installing Service Pack 2 as soon as possible Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) was released on the 19th of October 2005. You can download SP1 for Exchange 2003 right here: Download Exchange 2003 SP2 (109mb) Required Patches If you’re running Exchange 2003 with SP1 you should apply the following security-related patches:…