The following message appears in the Exchange Server 2003 message tracking logs: The object ‘and/or’ in the message tracking logs can’t be found in the directory. The object may have been deleted. The tracking history may be incorrect. This is an error that can be ignored as it does not mean that the email message… Continue reading Message Tracking Logs ‘And/Or’ Error
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Enabling ActiveSync on a Sony P1i with a GoDaddy Certificate
GoDaddy issued certificates are not trusted by the Sony P1i phone and so if you are using a GoDaddy issued digital certificate for ActiveSync on one of these phones you will be prompted to accept the certificate at each sync. As this kills the purpose of push email sync you will want to stop the… Continue reading Enabling ActiveSync on a Sony P1i with a GoDaddy Certificate
SBS and WEBS 2008 Backup Fails to Backup Exchange Server
The following errors are reported in the Event Log Windows Logs/Application when you run the built-in backup that is part of Small Business Server 2008 (SBS) or Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (WEBS): Event ID 565 – Consistency check for component StorageGroup-GUID\’Microsoft Exchange Server\Microsoft Information Store\SERVER’ failed. Application ‘Exchange’ will not be avaliable in the… Continue reading SBS and WEBS 2008 Backup Fails to Backup Exchange Server
SMTP Server for Orange Mobiles Running Windows Mobile 6
For a while now I have been unable to send my personal email from my mobile phone (running WM6 on the Orange network in the UK). I could download email via IMAP from my server (not hosted by Orange), but never send. So after doing a bit of research I discoved that the SMTP server… Continue reading SMTP Server for Orange Mobiles Running Windows Mobile 6
Exchange Server 2007 Rollup Update 5
The latest version of the Exchange 2007 update is Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2007 – this can be downloaded from here (64 bit and 32 bit versions now available). Microsoft plan to do these releases rather than issue hotfixes as the method of engineering Exchange has changed since the previous versions, and KB937194… Continue reading Exchange Server 2007 Rollup Update 5
Exchange 2007 Clustering on Windows 2008
I have just spent an hour or three installing two Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition boxes to create an Exchange 2007 SCC cluster using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 to create the environment. But I did not get that far, as Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering shared storage requires SAS (Serial SCSI) or iSCSI and not… Continue reading Exchange 2007 Clustering on Windows 2008
ERROR_REPLICA_SYNC_FAILED_THE TARGET PRINCIPAL NAME IS INCORRECT
This rather imposing message is found if you try to force replication between to Active Directory Domain Controllers when one of the controllers machine account password is out of sync with the password as stored on the other domain controller. I have seen this a number of times on Virtual PC or Virtual Server Active… Continue reading ERROR_REPLICA_SYNC_FAILED_THE TARGET PRINCIPAL NAME IS INCORRECT
Update Rollup # For Exchange Server 2007
Blog updated 22nd February 2008 As Microsoft plan to release Update Rollups for Exchange Server 2007 every six to eight weeks (see KB937194), I will use this blog entry to list the current latest update: The latest version of the Exchange 2007 update is Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2007 – this can be… Continue reading Update Rollup # For Exchange Server 2007
Creating Subject Alternative Name Certificates with Microsoft Certificate Server
A new feature in digital certificates is the Subject Alternative Name property. This allows you to have a certificate for more than one URI (i.e. www.c7solutions.com and www.c7solutions.co.uk) in the same certificate. It also means that in web servers such as IIS you can bind this certificate to the site and use up only one… Continue reading Creating Subject Alternative Name Certificates with Microsoft Certificate Server
Exchange Management Shell
I need a place to store useful Powershell commands for the administration of Exchange Server 2007, so I thought I would add them here: Upgrading Exchange Organisation Place Replicas of Public Folders on New Exchange Server get-publicfolder -recurse Set-PublicFolder -Replicas:”server\public folder database”,”server\public folder store (server)” Enable ActiveSync Policy for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphones and Pocket… Continue reading Exchange Management Shell
P1 and P2 Headers in SMTP
P1 = the value on the MAIL FROM command of the SMTP connection (the message envelope) as defined in RFC 821. P2 = the email address in the message body as defined in RFC 822. These include the FROM, REPLY TO and SENDER fields For example, the following SMTP command sequence describes where P1 and… Continue reading P1 and P2 Headers in SMTP
Unable to Delete Active Directory Object
Whilst doing some tests on an Active Directory to do with permissions I removed all the permissions apart from SYSTEM. This proved what I wanted to prove, but I then could not delete the object or reset its permissions etc. to tidy up my test environment. A search on the web for the problem returned… Continue reading Unable to Delete Active Directory Object
Connecting a Windows SmartPhone to Exchange Server Protected with a Private Certification Authority Digital Certificate
Having recently obtained my first Windows Mobile powered SmartPhone, I needed to connect to my Exchange Server over the internet using ActiveSync. For those of you unfamiliar with Windows Mobile SmartPhones, they let you connect, using the phones internet connection (typically over a GPRS network), to your Exchange 2003 Servers to download your email at… Continue reading Connecting a Windows SmartPhone to Exchange Server Protected with a Private Certification Authority Digital Certificate
Exchange 2003 Resource Kit
The Exchange Server 2003 Resource Kit is almost ready for the shops. It should be available by the end of March 2005 and coming soon to the C7 Solutions web site is a book givaway. I have some copies to distribute as I am one of the authors of the book.