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Mail spoofing is often used to persuade users to open dangerous attachments in emails. The aim is to make it look as if the email is coming from a colleague or a device such as a scanner or Fax2Mail. Mail spoofing is used to falsify the sender's address so that it looks to the user as if the email is coming from an internal ... Read more
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
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
I have just released version 2.3 of the Exchange Reporter. Here are the changes: Extension Exchange Reporter with 3rd Party Module Compatibility New (First) 3rd Party Module by Igmar Brückner Auditreport.ps1 - Information about changes to the Exchange configuration New module rightsreport.ps1 - Information about mailbox permissions Revision mbxreport.ps1 Display of inactive mailboxes Many thanks to Igmar ... Read more
A first look at the upcoming Exchange version (Exchange 2016) will be available at Microsoft Ignite. Some information about Exchange 2016 is already available on the Exchange Team Blog. The release of Exchange 2016 is planned for the second half of this year. The Ignite session on Exchange 2016 is expected to start on 07.05. ... Read more
This article describes the basic configuration of Exchange Online Protection with Exchange Server 2013. https://products.office.com/de-de/exchange/microsoft-exchange-online-protection-email-filter-and-anti-spam-protection-email-security-email-spam These instructions are also valid for Exchange 2016. Once you have an account, you will be taken to the Office 365 dashboard. The basic configuration can be carried out under "Setup": Step 1: Add domain. I use "frankysweb.com" for testing: My domain hosts ... Read more
As announced, I have released version 2.1 of the Exchange Monitor one month after the beta version. A few more changes have been incorporated into the final version. Exchange Monitor 2.1 is available for download here: https://www.frankysweb.de/exchange-monitor/ Many thanks to all readers who helped to improve the Exchange Monitor. Update: There had been ... Read more
Exchange Server 2013 (and also Exchange 2010) provides a function to influence the behavior of standard CMDlets. In this small example, the scripting agent is used to deactivate OWA, OWA for devices and ActiveSync for all newly created mailboxes. In the default setting, these mailbox functions are activated, which may not always be desired. Read more
I use PRTG to monitor my systems, and the monitoring options are many and varied. PRTG even comes with a whole set of sensors for Exchange. At first glance, you'll be overwhelmed, PRTG comes with over 100 sensors for a single Exchange server. However, after I pruned the sensors a little, I realized that ... Read more
It happens from time to time that a backup of the Exchange Server does not work as planned. There are often many factors that can influence the backup process. For error analysis (testing the VSS writer, VSS services) or in an emergency for a quick backup, a manual backup of the Exchange databases can also be carried out. The Exchange team blog provides ... Read more
