Archive for the ‘Microsoft Exchange’ Category

How-to run Win2k3 NTBackup on Windows Server 2008

Copy the following binaries from Windows 2k3 server (C:\Windows\System32\) to Windows Server 2008 (C:\Program Files\NTBackup\):

  • ntbackup.exe
  • ntmsapi.dll
  • vssapi.dll

Then install the removable storage manager from server manager:

  • Start Server Manager
  • Click Features
  • Click Add Features
  • Select Removable Storage Manager
  • Click Install

When NTBackup starts, if you see an error regarding removable storage, just ignore it and click “Do not show this again”.

I’m not sure, but it seems that it backup Exchange 2007 Databases too, for me it worked, but I didn’t tested restoring them.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

How Do I Change Message Size Limits in Exchange 2007?

http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/10/28/how-do-i-change-message-size-limits-in-exchange-2007.aspx

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Error message when you try to open a 2007 Office system file attachment in Outlook Web Access

SYMPTOMS

When you try to open a 2007 Microsoft Office system file attachment by using Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access, you may receive the following error message:

To open this attachment, you must save it to your disk, right-click the link, and then click Save.

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

The e-mail message is sent by using Outlook 2003 or by using Outlook 2007.
You read the e-mail message in Outlook Web Access.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, add the 2007 Office system content types to Exchange so that the conversion process can recognize these content types. A content type is a string that has a file name extension associated with it. To add the string and the associated file name extension, use Exchange System Manager. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Exchange System Manager.
2. Expand Global Setting Branch.
3. Right-click Internet Message Formats, and then click Properties. This operation displays the current list of known MIME content types.
4. Examine the list, and confirm that the 2007 Office system file name extensions are not in the list.
5. Click Add, and then copy and paste the appropriate MIME type from the following table in the text box that is provided. Additionally, type the appropriate file name extension that corresponds to the MIME type in the Extension check box.

MIME type File name extension
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation               pptx
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slide               sldx
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow               ppsx
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template               potx
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet               xlsx
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template               xltx
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document               docx
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template               dotx
6. Click OK.
7. Restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service to make sure that the store obtains the new list.
8. Restart Outlook, and send a new test e-mail message that includes a 2007 Office system file attachment. For comparison, send an e-mail message that contains the same attachment by using Outlook Web Access.

Monday, June 9th, 2008

The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding after you enable an antivirus program that uses the VSAPI for Microsoft Exchange 2003

The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding (hangs) 24 to 36 hours after you enable an antivirus program that uses the Microsoft Virus Scanning Application Programming Interface (VSAPI) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Sybari Antigen for Microsoft Exchange is an example of such a program.

Additionally, the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service may stop responding (hang) when you perform a backup of Exchange Server 2003.

Additionally, an event that resembles the following event may be logged in the Application log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: (100)
Event ID: 1000
Description: Faulting application store.exe, version 6.5.xxxx.xx, faulting module exsmtp.dll, version 6.5.7638.1, fault address 0×000096f6.

Hotfix 

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Error message: This e-mail address already exists in this organization

RESOLUTION

1. Start the Exchange System Manager.
2. Click to expand the Recipients container.
3. Right-click All Address Lists, point to New, and then click Address List.
4. Click the Filter Rules button and verify that it is set to Exchange Recipients (the default setting).
5. Click the Advanced tab, click Field, and then click User.
6. Click E-mail Address.
7. In the Condition box, click Starts with, and then in the empty box to the right, type the first few letters of the address that you want to search for.
8. Check the lower window for matches.

If you find objects that have the same e-mail address as the one you are trying to add, either change the e-mail address for this object or delete the address if it is longer needed.

Repeat the same process for public folders, contacts and groups, but use the following modifications:

1. In step 5, point to User, and then change the setting to Public Folder, to Contact, or to Group.
2. In step 6, click E-mail Address or Alias if the E-mail Address option is not available.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008