Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
At the weekend there is a PowerShell script that can be used to test a domain for mail problems: The script returns the MX, PTR, SPF and DMARC entries of a domain and checks whether one of the IPs is on a blacklist. It also checks whether port 25 (SMTP) is accessible. The script is simply executed with ... Read more
In this article, I would like to focus less on the error analysis of mail problems and more on tools that provide a quick overview to determine the problem. First of all, there is the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer: https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/ This service offered by Microsoft can be used to test ActiveSync, EWS, Autodiscover and Outlook Anywhere as well as SMTP. The website helps ... Read more
Some people are probably familiar with this problem: A user calls the helpdesk because their mailbox is full. Deleting it is of course not an option, because even the 10-year-old mails could be needed again. Discussion is usually pointless, so the limit for the mailbox is increased. Quite impatiently, the user now contacts the helpdesk every 15 minutes, ... Read more
How SPF works SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a simple method for identifying forged senders and blocking them as SPAM. The way it works is simple: The domain owner (e.g. me with the domain frankysweb.de) publishes a TXT record (SPF record) in the DNS which contains the mail servers from which I send mails. For example, if my mail server ... Read more
If you also need to make frequent DNS queries to the MX records or SPF and reverse records, this little script may help: Test-MXSettings.ps1 The script has a few parameters, which can quickly check all Exchange accepted domains, or any domain, also a DNS server for the query can be specified. The following parameters ... Read more
New updates have been released for Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013. Click here to download Exchange Server 2013 CU9 ) UM language packs for Exchange Server 2013 CU9 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47678) Exchange Server 2010 SP3 UR 10 (http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47676) Exchange Server 2007 SP3 UR 16(http://www.microsoft.com/de-DE/download/details.aspx?id=47677) Here is a description of the fixes: Exchange 2013 CU9 ... Read more
New updates have been released for Exchange Server 2007, 2010 and 2013. Click here to download directly: Cumulative Update 8 for Exchange Server 2013 (KB3030080) Updaterollup 9 for Exchange Server 2010, Service Pack 3 (KB3030085) Updaterollup 16 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB3030086) Here is a list of the changes: Cumulative ... Read more
Today there are new updates for Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013: Cumulative Update 7 for Exchange Server 2013 (KB2986485) UM language packs for Exchange Server 2013 CU7 Updaterollup 8 for Exchange Server 2010, Service Pack 3 (KB2986475) Updaterollup 15 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2996150) So far there are still ... Read more
New updates are available for Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013. Click here to download: Update Rollup 14 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange Server 2013 Here is an overview of the fixes/changes: Exchange 2007 SP4 RU14 Exchange 2010 ... Read more
Having already written here about how to avoid undeliverable messages when migrating from Exchange Server using PST files, here are two scripts that can make your life much easier. When importing PST files, it can happen that the assignment of standard folders such as Inbox, Sent Items etc. no longer matches. Especially with ... Read more
