Cisco ASA Disable ESMTP Inspection
Telnet to Exchange on Port 25 shows a row of Asterisks? KB ID 0000536 Problem Yesterday my colleague Ben called me over to the help-desk and asked “Have you ever seen this before?” This was what was on his screen. 220 *************************************************** Solution Usually when you Telnet to an Exchange server it gives you a 220 message followed by the “Banner” of the Exchange server, a little...
OWA (Outlook Web Access) “Red X” Error
KB ID 0000196 Problem Usually seen on IE7 and IE8, when you try and reply to an email you see a red X in the body of the Email window. Solution Option 1: The simplest fix (Exchange 2000/2003 only – Including SBS2003). 1. Go to http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=911829 and install that hot fix on the server. Note: This also fixes the error where OWA simply says “Loading”. Option 2 : Whilst In OWA 1. Click...
Copy Global Address List to Outlook Contacts
KB ID 0000019 Problem You need to copy a Global Address List address, or all the GAL to your Outlook contacts folder. Solution Copy Global Address List to Outlook Contacts 1. Open Outlook. 2. Tools > Address Book. 3. Ensure “Global Address List” is selected. 4. Select the contacts you require (Note CTRL+A will NOT work, to select ALL highlight the first one, scroll to the last one and hold down CTRL and select it). 5....
Give users Calendar Access (Exchange 2000/2003/2007) PFDAVAdmin.
KB ID 0000031 Dtd 10/04/09 Problem You want to grant access to a users calendar for another user, In Exchange 2000 and 2003 this can be done in Active Directory Users and Computers, and with 2007 it can be done with Powershell But Get used to using PFDAVAdmin. This tool can also modify permissions on Public Folders (In fact that’s what it was built for) but it’s a handy tool to carry on your USB Key if you work on multiple...
Publishing Exchange OWA using ISA
KB ID 0000090 Problem Those of you who know me will know that Cisco ASA is my weapon of choice in the firewall department. Now before the ISA brigade start emailing me telling me about “Application Layer Inspection” etc etc, that’s not because I think the ASA is better, cheaper or more effective, but because it’s “What I know”. To be honest I’ve not installed ISA since version 2000, where...