Event ID 9314
KB ID 0000358 Problem Event ID 9314 The account specified for the Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Manager Administrator is invalid. No mailboxes will be processed. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Either the account specified to run the Mailbox Manager process does not have rights, or an account has not been specified. Solution 1. Launch Exchange System Manager on...
Exchange 2007 / 2010 change the SMTP Banner
KB ID 0000327 Problem If you want to shield the outside world from seeing what mail platform you are running, or even if you just want to deter the casual script kiddy who is trying to remote fingerprint a massive range of IP addresses. Changing the SMTP response banner is quite simple to do. Out of the box we know we are running a Microsoft mail platform Solution 1. Open Exchange System Manager and find the name of your...
Exchange 2007 / 2010 Search for and Delete Emails Containing “yoursearchtext”
KB ID 0000343 Problem You have a nasty email that contains a virus or some offensive content and you want to delete ALL instances of it. Solution 1. Log on as the domain administrator > Open the Exchange Command Shell. 2. First grant the correct rights to the administrator account. This gives the Administrator FULL rights to ALL mailbox’s Get-mailbox -Database “Mailbox Database”| add-mailboxpermission -user...
Exchange 2010 (c/w SP1) Install – Greenfield Site
(Installing on Server 2008 R2) KB ID 0000416 Problem Microsoft have not only slipstreamed the service pack into the install media, they have (Finally!) got the install routine to put in all the usual pre-requisites, roles, and features, that you had to do yourself before. (With the exception of the Microsoft 2010 filter pack, but even then you can do that after the install). The procedure below was done on a single server in a test...
Exchange: Importing Mail From PST Files (including Bulk Importing)
KB ID 0000443 Problem If you have mail in .PST file format that you would like to import, either exported via ExMerge from an older Exchange server, or Exported via Outlook, or even exported via PowerShell, then the process for importing that mail into Exchange has been the same since Exchange 2010 (SP1). Before SP1 you would have to install a copy of Outlook on the Exchange server and use a PowerShell command that looks like this...