Exchange 2010 / 2007 Alternate-port SMTP
KB ID 0000089 Problem I’ve used the no-ip service for years, and untill recently the Exchange box I ran gave me no problems, well it still does not, but now my wife has her Email on it as well, and because of reverse DNS Lookups, she cannot Email her friends at Hotmail etc. Instructions at the site (at the time of writing) are for Exchange 2003, which as you aware is a different beast altogether, so to make it work…....
Event ID 12014
KB ID 0000174 Problem Event ID 12014 Microsoft Exchange could not find a certificate that contains the domain name {name.domain.com} in the personal store on the local computer. Therefore, it is unable to support the STARTTLS SMTP verb for the connector SendConnector with a FQDN parameter of {name.domain.com}. If the connector’s FQDN is not specified, the computer’s FQDN is used. Verify the connector configuration and the...
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 2010 – Working with Certificates
KB ID 0000453 Problem Exchange 2010 installs with it’s own (self signed) certificate. To stay free of security errors and warnings, the best bet is to purchase a “publicly signed” digital certificate and use that. The following process uses the Exchange Management console to create a CSR (Certificate Signing Request). Then what to do with the certificate, when it has been sent back to you. Solution Certificate...
Cisco Routers – Port Forwarding
KB ID 0000533 Problem If you have a server or host that you want to be publicly addressable and only have one public IP address then port forwarding is what you require. Solution Assumptions 1. You have a public IP on the outside of your Router. 2. You are performing NAT from your internal range of IP address to your External IP address. To Make Sure 1. Run the following command: PetesRouter#show run | include ip nat inside You...