Exchange-2007
Adding aliases to Distribution Groups using Powershell
On several occasions at work I have been asked to add email aliases to distribution groups for testing purposes. Depending on how many you have to add, in my case 30 or more, doing this through the exchange systems manager just won’t do. I mean, what self respecting systems engineer is going to copy and [...]
Blocking MAPI Client Access to your Exchange Server
Last week our exchange mailboxes were migrated to servers in a data center half way accross the United States. We needed to leave the existing (old) Exchange 2007 cluster up in order for the mailboxes to be migrated and also to verify distribution list creation and members on the new system. The total migration was to [...]
Entourage setup for Exchange 2007
Great article that explains the back-end and client setup for entourage and Exchange Server 2007 http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/mobility-client-access/accessing-exchange-2007-apple-macintosh-part-1.html
Using exchange 2007 powershell and Excel 2007 to send automated emails of user mailbox stats.
We are trying to get our users mailbox sizes down below 200 MB in anticipation of moving the mailboxes to a new email environment hosted by our parent company. The company I work for currently has over 1500 mailboxes with no current storage limits so the task is going to be somewhat daunting to say [...]
Auto-response to external (Internet) addresses with Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007
Recently I was asked to setup an email address that would be used for resume subittals for a position my company is hiring for. I was informed that when emails were recieved by this account an auto-response would need to be generated that attached a questionnaire (part of the weeding out process) as part of [...]
Turning off prompts for Exchange 2007 powershell commands
Just pass the -confirm:$false parameter to the command you are running and the annoying confirmation prompts go away. Beware that you must make sure you know what the command is doing before passing this parameter….the confirmation prompts are there for a reason. It does make changing permissions on ,say, 1000 public folders much less annoying [...]
