Monthly Archives: March 2006

Dynamic Update

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/e760737e-9e55-458d-b5ed-a1ae9e04819e1033.mspx

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How to verify and change the SystemReportingCenter DB data retention settings

Refer to KB Article 887016

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MS Reorganizes Windows Unit

More than likely the reason why consultants for the San Francisco office of MCS had an all hands meeting today…   CNN   http://www.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/03/23/microsoft.shakeup.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest   Yahoo   http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060324/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_reorganization_6   New York Times   http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/24/technology/24soft.html

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Changing NDR Report to reflect the correct domain

This issue will arise if you have configured Exchange to share email domain namespaces with a non-Exchange mail server.  Case in  point, if you are migration a Unix-based mail system to Exchange, you normally have to set up your recipient … Continue reading

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Reverse NDR Attack Handling in Exchange 2003

Here’s a way to handle reverse NDR attacks using  a combination of native Exchange 2003 and Windows Server 2003 features.    1.  Enable "Filter Recipients who are not in Active Directory"   Follow the following KB article, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=909005.   Note … Continue reading

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No mas NoMAS!

Finally, MS has addressed the 9548 errors that arise when a mailbox-enabled account is disabled in Active Directory.  The hotfix information can be found here…   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;903158   The MS Exchange team’s blog contains  an entry discussing this fix….   … Continue reading

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Users Cannot Log On Using POP3

Yesterday, we came across an issue where users can not log on to the mailbox when using POP3.  They are able to access the mailbox using OWA or via a MAPI connection using the Outlook client.    It turns out … Continue reading

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Protected Accounts in AD (adminSdHolder)

What is it? MS has an adminSDHolder object in the schema to add a layer of protection to administrative accounts and groups in Active Directory.  This affects any object (user or group) which is a member of the built-in administrative … Continue reading

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