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Researching Exchange 2007′s EdgeTransport.exe.config
Whilst there are a lot of features in Exchange 2007 that can be configured and tweaked using the GUI and Powershell I have on several occasions (bare in mind I work in Managed hosting so these...
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EdgeTransport.exe.config Cmdlet
In the previous post on this subject I mentioned that I’ve been working on a little project regarding the EdgeTransport.exe.config file. With the advent of PowerShell I decided to look into writing my...
View ArticleDealing with Massive Spam Levels In Postfix
Recently I encountered a situation where a vanilla install of Postfix had been targeted by what appeared to be a Spam Botnet. Bizarrely this server was what you could call an ‘Edge Server’ but it...
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IPv6 Only Exchange 2007
We already know that disabling IPv6 on a 2008 & Exchange 2007 server breaks things but what if we go IPv6 only? IPv6 Only Domain Controllers: The installation didn’t cause any trouble but after...
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Has Disconnecting McColo Really Resulted in a Drop in Spam?
When I heard the news that McColo had been pulled I wondered if we’d actually see a drop in Hostile traffic and Spam. Turns out that there has been a massive drop in Spam levels coming through some of...
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Information Dispersal (Cloud) Storage and Exchange 2007
Recently I’ve been looking at CleverSafe’s Storage Cloud product and as part of the research I noticed that a small scale DSNet provides more than enough IOPs for small scale mailbox installations. I...
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Utilising Read Only Domain Controllers to Leverage Hosted Active Directory
One of the common issues that appears when integrating a hybrid vision of Hosted Exchange with someones existing infrastructure (so not really Hosted Exchange at all!) is synchronising credentials...
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Exchange 2010 with Windows Server 2008
With Exchange 2010 available on MSDN I decided to take the risk and jump straight into a migration as the only thing as fun as a well planned migration is shooting from the hip on full auto. Exchange...
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Removing Exchange 2007 (on Server 2008) from an Exchange 2010 Environment
With my new Exchange 2010 environment working quite happily it was time to remove the old 2007 stuff from the setup. This is extremely easy to do but I haven’t posted anything in a while so I thought...
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Deploying Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Server on Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft have continued the trend of going x64 all the way and 2008 R2 is 64bit only. The first thing we need to do is install the pre-requisites via a privileged PowerShell; Import-Module...
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