Update Global Address List Error “WARNING: The recipient “xxxxxMicrosoft Exchange System Objects/xxxxx” is invalid and couldn’t be updated

KB ID 0000516  Problem Seen when manually trying to update the Global Address List, with the following powershell command: Update-GlobalAddressList -identity ‘Default Global Address List’ Error: WARNING: The recipient “{your domain name}/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/{A Public Folder Name}” is invalid and couldn’t be updated. or Error: WARNING: The recipient “{your domain name}/Microsoft...

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Exchange 2007 & 2010 – Setup and Deploy Outlook Anywhere
Nov17

Exchange 2007 & 2010 – Setup and Deploy Outlook Anywhere

KB ID 0000519  Problem What used to be a fiddly job, is now very simple to do, setting up Outlook Anywhere (formally known at RPC over HTTP) takes about 10 minutes. What is Outlook Anywhere? This is a system that lets you connect Microsoft Outlook to to your Exchange server over the web, this means you can connect to to your email, calendaring and tasks etc, without the need for a VPN connection. Solution Outlook Anywhere with...

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Exchange Error during/post upgrade from Exchange 2003 ‘ Mailbox manager settings cannot be managed by the current version of Exchange Management Console’
Nov17

Exchange Error during/post upgrade from Exchange 2003 ‘ Mailbox manager settings cannot be managed by the current version of Exchange Management Console’

KB ID 0000547  Problem I’ve already covered migration from 2003 here, I got an email today {Thanks Ashley :)} to say that when they tried to migrate the address policies from 2003 to 2010 using this command: Get-EmailAddressPolicy | where {$_.RecipientFilterType –eq “Legacy”} | Set-EmailAddressPolicy –IncludedRecipients AllRecipients They got the following error; Error on Exchange 2010 Set-EmailAddressPolicy : The recipient...

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Exchange 2010 / 2007 Enable or Disable Tarpitting
Nov17

Exchange 2010 / 2007 Enable or Disable Tarpitting

KB ID 0000549  Problem With Exchange 2003 tarpitting was turned on post SP2 with a registry hack, with newer versions of Exchange it is enabled by default. What is Tarpitting? This is a method to stop a mail sender sending you multiple mail requests, it was designed to stop miscreant from carrying out either a :- Directory Harvest Attack : Attempting to find out legitimate emails on your email server by randomly sending emails to...

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How to Create a Distribution Group in Exchange 2010 / 2007
Nov17

How to Create a Distribution Group in Exchange 2010 / 2007

KB ID 0000561  Problem A distribution group is an active directory group, that has a shared email address. A security group can also have an email address, but unlike a distribution group a security group can be granted permissions to objects e.g. public folders, calendars etc. A distribution group is used for sending mail to groups of people, like the engineering group or the sales group for example. Solution 1. On the Exchange...

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