When Microsoft changed the structure of its popular Exchange Server database, it was a cause for concern amount many IT administrators. Here are some key points you should know prior to installing Exchange Server 2013. Subsequent to the release of Exchange 2010 there was much debate concerning whether or not Microsoft Exchange 2013 would be [...]
In the past, Microsoft Exchange has been scrutinized regarding the number of components required for the installation of the program. For Exchange server 2013, however, everything has been taken back to the drawing board. The total number of required agents during installation has been reduced from 5 to only 2 key components: the Mailbox Server [...]
One of the challenges I’ve encountered over the years has been how to get heterogeneous servers to share information via file sharing over WAN. The traditional way was to use an RSYNC-like mechanism, common in the *nix world. On Windows machines I would use WinSCP, a simple scripting engine to transfer files via SFTP, which [...]
If you’re doing desktop troubleshooting of end user mail clients and you want to make sure that a persons’ account is able to use SMTP Authentication properly, you to do this with a telnet client but it will take a little work. If you do a google search for “troubleshooting SMTP Authentication”, you will find [...]
Even though it is very rare that we use this command line, it can be a very interesting command line when troubleshooting connectivity issues. The Pathping, along with its features, also groups the Ping and Tracert features. So how does it work? Pathping sends packets to each router on its path to destination and then [...]
Ever wondered how to test and maintain your mailbox without an email client? This quick guide on the manual POP3 commands will help you out. Below is a list of frequently used POP3 commands. In order to perform the following commands, all you will have to do is connect to the mail server using Telnet [...]
Should you use POP3 or IMAP? The first thing you need to do before making a decision is to understand what POP3 and IMAP are. Secondly, you need to understand the differences between the two. The product: Both POP3 and IMAP are email protocols that companies or ISPs use to receive email, be it to [...]
Your everyday routine routine includes sending and receiving mail flawlessly with Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail. Inevitably, once you have become too comfortable to this problem free email software, an unidentifiable, puzzling and un-invited error pops up. If the unexplained error does not go away, only a log can help. Outlook can create a detailed list of [...]
Before any Network Administrators start thinking about installing the Microsoft Exchange server 2013, there are a couple of points that need to be taken into consideration. Exchange 2013 cannot be deployed on server 2003R2 or server 2008 Exchange 2013 can only be deployed on new hardware; upgrade of a local system is not permitted. Be [...]
This scenario could happen to anyone of us: You receive an email from someone you know (friend, colleague, sister, brother, etc…) with whom you might have exchanged emails before. Surprisingly enough, when you open the email you notice that it’s SPAM and is not actually from the person you had expected. At this point, it’s [...]