Exchange security Questions


Exchange 2003 default permissions
Can someone provide details on the default permissions on Exchange 2003 mailboxes. I have just started at a new company and the permissions are a mess. I want to clean them up and start over but want to make sure that the default out -of-the-box permissions are reset before continuing. I obviously dont want to [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  11:20 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Global Settings, Exchange permissions, Exchange security
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85 pts.

Setting up an internal Exchange server
Can we run an internal Exchange server that has no access to email outside of the network? How would we set this up?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:48 PM
Exchange administration, Exchange infrastructure (xi), Exchange security
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755 pts.

Local Security Authority Cannot Be Contacted in Outlook Web Access
Hi, We set up an Exchange 2003 Server at work and it seems to work fine using OWA, as long as the user is an Administrator. If we remove the user from the Administrators’ group, they get the following message in the browswer: “Local Security Authority Cannot Be Contacted”. Of course, we can’t make all [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:54 PM
Domain Administration, Exchange 2003, Exchange security, Windows Server 2003
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60 pts.

Former Employee can still send and receive e-mail on iPhone 4 after account was disabled
I have Exchange 2003 Enterprise being used with an iPhone 4.  I have disabled the emplyee’s account and now 30 minutes later, the user can still send and receive e-mail. Is anyone else beign effected by this problem?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:14 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition, Exchange security, iPhone Exchange
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5 pts.

Exchange 2010 password
Dear, i want to create password for exchange server 2010 – to block any user from who can connect to the server to open exchange server is that possible? thanks

Answer Question   |  May 16, 2011  4:53 AM
Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 Administration, Exchange 2010 Security, Exchange permissions, Exchange security
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5 pts.

Spam blocker for Exchange 5.5
Sir i am using Exchange 5.5 in our orgnaisation and we choose in IMS(routing restriction) i check the box hosts and client that sucessfully authnticate tab if we not choose that box we cant configure clients through pop3 and the result is spam mails is genrating please provide me a specific solution for not genrating [...]

Answer Question   |  April 1, 2011  6:23 PM
Exchange 5.5, Exchange security, Exchange spam filters, Spam Filter
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5 pts.

Blocking specific IP address from accessing Exchange 2003?
How can I block a specific mail servers ip address from connecting to my Exchange 2003 server? I do not want any interaction with this rogue IP address.

Answer Question   |  June 22, 2011  4:55 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange 2003 security, Exchange Address List, Exchange security, IP address
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755 pts.

Creating abuse and postmaster exchange account
How do I create an abuse and a postmaster exchange account to be in compliance? I am using Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2007.

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2010  3:33 PM
Compliance, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 security, Exchange security, Outlook 2007, POSTMASTER
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1,110 pts.

Block IP ranges from connecting to Exchange servers smtp 2005
Running Exchange 2005 is there a way to block specific IP ranges from our smtp server? Spammers keep trying to send spam and brute force passwords locking users out.

Answer Question   |  September 17, 2010  5:07 PM
Attacker IP blocking, Exchange, Exchange 2005, Exchange security, IP blocking, IP range, Security in 2010, SMTP
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9,815 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.

Is Outlook Connector a Security Threat to Exchange?
I’m a chemical engineer working for a small mid-west company (300 – 400 people).  I’m an IT guy at heart from my IT support days in college where I was doing PC repair, setting up small LAN’s and troubleshooting server issues.  I installed Outlook Connector on my Desktop at work so I see my hotmail [...]

Answer Question   |  August 16, 2010  11:52 AM
Corporate LAN, Exchange 2007, Exchange security, Exchange Server, LAN Security, MAPI, Outlook 2007, Outlook Connector, Outlook security
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5 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.

How can I tell if my exchange server 2003 is being spoofed?
how can I tell if my exchange server is being spoofed

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2010  7:10 PM
Anti-spoofing, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 security, Exchange security, Spoofing
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25 pts.

Possible security issues of having Droid phones attached to Exchange 2007
We have some users (Salespeople of course) that are requesting the droid phone. In testing it; I see that we can remote wipe the device but in reality; what about any other data that can/would be indexed by “the Google”? Is that wiped as well? Personally I don’t care for having Iphones or droid phones [...]

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2010  7:15 PM
Android, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 Cluster, Exchange security, Mobile security
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255 pts.

What types of new security features are in Exchange 2010 versus older versions?
What types of new security features are in Exchange 2010 versus older versions?

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2010  2:51 PM
Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 Security, Exchange security
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16,755 pts.

Exchange 2007 updating credentials on a domain before or after logging in through vpn
I am kinda new to exchange admin but I need to figure out how I can force update the local credentials on a machine so that when I log in and the password or username has changed on the remote server, it allows the user to function similarily to being in the lan. I know [...]

Answer Question   |  October 7, 2009  3:08 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange administration, Exchange security, VPN
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16,755 pts.

Terminated User mailbox
How does one pervent a terminated user from accessing their mailbox with a PDA (i.e. BlackBerry) Exchange 2003? 

Answer Question   |  October 9, 2009  9:57 PM
BlackBerry, Disabled mailboxes, Exchange security, Exchange user permissions, Exchange user settings, Identity management
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65 pts.

What security issues have you recently faced in your Exchange environment?
What security issues have you recently faced in your Exchange environment?

Answer Question   |  August 11, 2009  9:20 PM
Exchange permissions, Exchange security, Exchange user settings
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4,265 pts.

Exchange 2003 Encryption and Certificates
We have Exchange 2003 with a Thawte Certificate, and have another company that is trying to send us an encrypted email using Espoin Interceptor, and using a self-signed certificate. I can receive their plain emails, but not their encrytped emails. They seem to think that our server is rejecting becasue they have a self-signed certificate. [...]

Answer Question   |  August 5, 2009  12:57 PM
Encrypted email, Exchange 2003, Exchange Certificates, Exchange Encryption, Exchange security
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5 pts.

multiple users with one PW on Exchange email
What happens with MS Exchange Outlook server if 2 users are using the same email account at the same time? I think I may have had my account name and PW stolen and someone is looking at my email. I am not a tech guy and have not wanted to get the co people involved. [...]

Answer Question   |  June 1, 2009  4:21 PM
Exchange email security, Exchange security, Exchange user permissions
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25 pts.