Exchange 2003 Questions


exchange mail delay from 2010 to ex 2003
Hi All we are in the process of moving to a new exchange 2010 environment. currently we have a 2003 environtment which is very simple and runs all roles on a single box. we have a simple AD environment just 1 domain. we are moving to a new virtual environment 1 x virtual CAS/HUB server [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2011  1:27 PM
Delayed Mail, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 Installation Errors, Exchange 2010 Migration
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10 pts.

“Enable message tracking” is not available in Exchange 2003!
Hi all! In my new job I inherited Exchange 2003 server. I noticed that Message tracking was disabled. I decided to enable it, but the check boxes “Enable subject logging and display” and “Enable message tracking” are gray! It seemed to me like permission issue. But I belong to Exchange Full Admin role. I even [...]

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2010  1:03 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange administration, Exchange administrative management tool, Exchange permissions, Message tracking
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5 pts.

Help backing up Exchange database after changing backup software to Acronis
via Exch System Mgr,(Exch 2003 on Server 2003) it shows that the database last full backup was done on 6/19/2010. Around this time I switched my backup software from Symantec Backup Exec to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. It appears that Acronis is not able to backup the DB that same as Symantec. Can I [...]

Answer Question   |  September 16, 2010  2:07 PM
Acronis Recover for Exchange, Backup, Dell PowerEdge 2800, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 database, Exchange Backup, NTBackup, Symantec Backup Exec, Windows, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Can’t See New Folders in Public Folders from Outlook
I added new folders to our Public Folders in Exchange 2003. When I open Outlook, cannot see the new folders added. I gave all the right to my group and users.

Answer Question   |  September 17, 2010  3:49 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange errors, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Outlook permissions, Public Folder replication, Public folders
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5 pts.

Block Outgoing Non-Encrypted Attachments
Our infrastructure consists of Exchange 2003 and MessageLabs. Clients are using Outlook 2003. Is there a CHEAP way to reject all outgoing emails with attachments that are not encrypted/password protected?

Answer Question   |  September 9, 2010  5:11 AM
Encrypted email, Encrypted files, Exchange 2003, MessageLabs, Outlook 2003
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5 pts.

Upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2008?
What has to happen before I can do an upgrade from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2008? I have a new server if necessary but would like to perform an upgrade. This is running on a Windows 2003 server.

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2010  8:33 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 Migration, Exchange 2008, Exchange upgrades, Windows, Windows Server 2003
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1,110 pts.

External OWA 2003 error
I’m trying to connect to my OWA externally. I’m currently running MS Exchange Server 2003 along side MS SBS 2003. I can access OWA perfectly on site but when trying to access via the internet http://MyPublicStaticIp/exchange I receive a page not found. My server is connected to the internet via a Draytek 2800 series ADSL [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2010  1:41 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook error messages, Outlook Web Access, Outlook Web Access Configuration, OWA 2003, SBS 2003
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5 pts.

Exchange 2003 Adding an Administrative account to another domain ?
How would I add the Administrative (w/ Exchange Full Admin Permissions) account to another domain in the forest, other than the root domain? Thanks, Amy.

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2010  9:26 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition
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70 pts.

Exchange 2003 Rules/Alerts setup
When Exchange 2003 is set to NOT allow email to be sent to an external email account, you can get around this by creating a personal distribution group and “manually” forward an email to the external email address. However, so far I’m unable to via a “rule” automatically forward an email to the personal distribution [...]

Answer Question   |  August 31, 2010  11:00 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 configuration, Exchange Forwarding, Exchange security, Microsoft Exchange Rules
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20 pts.

Exchange 2003 – forward email to external address
Exchange 2003 server is setup to “NOT” allow forwarding email to an external email address. This is a setting needed for the mass users. Is it possible to have a group policy to allow selected users to bypass the setting and forward email to an external email address? If so, how would you go about [...]

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2010  3:59 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange Forwarding, Exchange Group Policy, External Email Issue
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20 pts.

Managing Meeting Rooms in Exchange 2003
What is the best way to configure meeting rooms as resources and ensure that auto accept is set automatically if the room is free and auto decline when the room is already booked. Our aim is reduce admin efforts to manage the booking of rooms but maintaining appropriate controls to properly book the rooms; e.g. [...]

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2012  9:55 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange calendar, Exchange Management Tools, Exchange Meetings
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20 pts.

OWA/iPhones not working after exchange 2003 reinstall
Hello all. Due to a problem with exchange 2003 I have had to do a reinstall. Exchange is now working but OWA is not working properly any more. I can log in to OWA but when I try to reply to an email the email body field is blue with a little red cross in [...]

Answer Question   |  August 31, 2010  1:17 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 installation, Outlook email, Outlook Errors, Outlook Mobile, Outlook Web Access, OWA
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70 pts.

Questions regarding Exchange 2003 SP2 deployment
This is a 3 part questions a. What is the maximum number of exchange sites in a domain? b. what is the maximum number of Exchange sites can you run in a forest? c. What is the maximum number of containers can you create in an exchange server enterprise? This is running Exchange 2003 SP2.

Answer Question   |  August 26, 2010  1:14 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 SP2, Exchange configuration, Exchange Domain Server, Exchange Enterprise Edition, Forest Functional Levels
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1,110 pts.

Unable to open connection to Exchange 2003 from my mobile phone
From my Droid I am getting an “Unable to open connection to server.” error every time I try to get mail. The other sub-folders open fine and have no issues. I can send mail internally and externally. That means I am connecting but can not see my Inbox. Exchange 2003. Help!

Answer Question   |  August 26, 2011  1:12 PM
Droid, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 error messages, Exchange Connectivity, Exchange error messages, Exchange errors, Mobile devices
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1,110 pts.

Enabling SPF on Exchange 2003
How can I enable SPF on Exchange 2003 and what do I need to do to make sure my users emails are not accidentally blocked. How does SPF actually work? Are there documentation on it?

Answer Question   |  August 19, 2010  2:28 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange administration, Exchange Application Pool, Exchange client applications, Sender Policy Framework, SPF, SPF records
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16,755 pts.

My Outlook 2003 clients on Exchange 2003 can send but not receive emails
i have exchange server 2003 with clients using outlook 2k3… i can send emails to all domains including gmail, yahoo, and hotmail etc.. and also to other MS Server 2k3 domains…however i cant recieve any email from the public domains or the private MS 2k3 domains any ideas?

Answer Question   |  August 19, 2010  10:04 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Send/Receive, Exchange Send/Receive Limitations, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 rules, Outlook send/receive, Send/Receive settings, Windows Server 2003
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25 pts.

Encryption routing within an exchange server
How do we configure exchange 2003 or 2010 to forward email with subject line [secure] out of the exchange server and to our encryption box. All email in and out of our enterprise encrypts just fine, but email among users within the same exchange server dont get forwarded to out of then exchange server and [...]

Answer Question   |  August 16, 2010  6:00 PM
Active Directory, Encryption Software, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2010, Exchange Encryption, Exchange Forwarding, Outlook, Voltage
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5 pts.

Windows Server SP2 on Exchange 2003 Front End/Back end
I want to update my winods server 2003 to SP2 on both Exchange 2003 front end and Back end server. Can anyone please help me in what steps need to be taken for this?

Answer Question   |  January 27, 2012  7:24 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Back-End Servers, Exchange Front-End Servers, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP2
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220 pts.

Blocking a mail server’s IP address
How can I block a mail servers ip address from my exchange 2003 box to prevent it from sending any messages to us?

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2010  8:27 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 security, Exchange security, IP address, Mail servers
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16,755 pts.

Problem with OWA in exchange 2003
Users are not able to attach any file more that 50 KB in OWA. Network Busy error

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2010  8:00 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 error messages, IIS 6.0, OWA, OWA access problem
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220 pts.