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Exchange Messaging Outlook
Volume 11, Number 16
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Greetings! Welcome to Vol. 11, No. 16, of Exchange Messaging Outlook, a biweekly newsletter about Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook. Today's highlights:
Regular features:
Exchange 2007 Feature of the Week: Exchange Management ShellThe management shell is a command line interface based on Windows
PowerShell technology, which will make it much easier for
administrators to script many jobs. As all experienced
administrators know, command shells can be much faster to use than a
graphical interface, but knowing how many smaller sites have less
experienced administrators (often the most computer savvy employee,
not an administrator by training), there will be a learning curve
for many administrators.
To help familiarize administrators with the cmdlets, all commands
accessible from the Exchange Management Console interface display
the script used to complete the task. You can copy and paste these
cmdlets into notepad to save for later use. There are also script
samples in Help and at various Internet sites, so you won't actually
have to learn how to write your own. Once you get the hang of it, it
is faster, especially for bulk jobs, than using the management
console interface.
For more information about the Exchange Management shell:
Introduction to the Exchange Management Shell
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1DC0F61B-D30F-44A2-882E-12DDD4EE09D2&displaylang=en
Exchange Management Shell Quick Reference
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=01A441B9-4099-4C0F-B8E0-0831D4A2CA86&displaylang=en
You had me at EHLO blog: Recipient Management cmdlets introduction
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/08/28/428777.aspx
Outlook 2007 Feature of the Week: Outlook Mobile ServiceThe Outlook Mobile Service enables you to send text and picture
messages between Outlook 2007 and any mobile phone. You can use it
to forward Outlook e-mail, contacts, appointments, and tasks to
yourself or other people as text messages or configure Outlook 2007
to automatically send e-mail, reminders, and your daily calendar to
your mobile phone as text messages.
At this time, it's available only to customers of Alltel, Nextel,
Sprint PCS, and Verizon Wireless in the United States. Customers of
these cellular providers will use SMS Link for Microsoft Office
Outlook 2007 for mobile services. A wizard steps you through the
configuration and setup of the service, including adding the account
to Outlook. After installing the service, you will send text
messages from Outlook by selecting the New, Text Message link. This
opens a message form with options such as maximum text length and a
small preview window so you can see what the recipient will see.
The SMS link service is free; however, recipients will be charged
normal text or picture message fees by their cellular provider when
you send messages or reminders to a phone.
For more information about the SMS Link for Microsoft Office Outlook
2007, see
http://messaging.office.microsoft.com/Main.aspx?lc=1033
Outlook Mobile Service SMS link articles:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/CH101316361033.aspx
Additional countries and cellular providers are expected to be added
over time.
Junk Email Reporting ToolFrom the time Outlook 2003 went into beta and offered decent Junk
email filtering, users have asked for the ability to report their
junk email. Microsoft repeatedly said they get plenty of junk email
on which to build their filters from a group of Hotmail accounts.
The good news is that users now have what they asked for: Microsoft
recently released an add-in for Outlook 2003 and 2007 that allows
users to report spam to Exchange Hosted Filtering for analysis. The
bad news is that only accounts that use Exchange Hosted Filtering
will benefit, at least at this time. Whether spam reported using the
Junk email reporting tool makes it into a future Outlook junk email
filter or Exchange Server's IMF remains to be seen.
Exchange Hosted Filtering users will see an immediate effect from the
reporting: submissions are processed daily and updates become
effective the next day.
Microsoft Junk E-mail Reporting Tool version 1.0 for Microsoft
Office Outlook
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=53541292-ce94-4c5b-9127-b7d56f11b619&DisplayLang=en
Note: This add-in works only with Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007,
installed on Windows Vista or Windows XP.
For more information about Exchange Hosted Filtering, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/services/filtering.mspx
Office 2007 Training MaterialsMicrosoft Learning released training materials for Office 2007
applications at the Microsoft Office Learning Portal. They offer
training materials for home and small office users, administrators,
and developers. For a limited time there are free e-Learning courses
available, along with special offers for classroom training. Free
e-Reference books from Microsoft Press are available for download.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx
Training the Spam filterWhile we're on the subject of junk email and user requests, another
frequently requested feature is the ability to train Outlook's Junk
email filter, so it works better on the specific spam you get.
Microsoft has always maintained that less user interaction with the
filter is better and I have to agree with them on this. Many users
are not disciplined enough to keep training the filter and the time
spent on training filters is time away from work or more enjoyable
activities. It's also a lot of duplicated effort that benefits only
the individual. Server-side filtering is always the best way to deal
with the majority of spam.
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New Utilities
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ACTIVISER
http://www.activiser.com/
Activiser is a mobility solution for wireless, paperless job
dispatch management. Activiser will reduce costs, increase employee
productivity, and improve customer service. Activiser works on any
mobile network and any Windows Mobile device; supports Microsoft
Exchange Scheduling; and easily and securely connects to your back
office information systems.
ATTACHWAY FOR OWA
http://www.everywherenetworks.net/AttachWay.html
AttachWay for OWA gives Outlook Web Access users the ability to
attach and send internal documents with their emails. By clicking
OWA's Attachments button, users can now fully browse their internal
folders, locate files and send as normal. AttachWay also allows
users to save existing attachments to internal folders. Offers
enhanced Security as no documents need to be downloaded in order to
send them. Provides secure viewing of documents prior to sending.
Files remain inside until Exchange sends them, no downloading or
uploading required, reducing bandwidth usage. Works with Everywhere
Networks other products: FileWay, SecureView for OWA and OWA
Launcher. A 30 day trial version is available.
EVERNOTE
http://www.evernote.com/
EverNote is designed to give users a single place for all types of
notes and information and to make them instantly accessible at
anytime. Store and quickly access typed and handwritten memos,
webpage excerpts, emails, phone messages, addresses, passwords,
brainstorms, sketches, documents and more. Instantly export web
content into EverNote by customizing the top button bar in Internet
Explorer, Outlook, Mozilla Firefox or Thunderbird to include an 'Add
to EverNote' button along with context menus. Version 1.5, available
in Free and Plus versions.
FILEWAY FREE
http://www.everywherenetworks.net/FileWay.html
Fileway provides secure document access from everywhere, allowing
you to download, upload, email, edit, view and manage documents or
directories from any browser. Interfaces to corporate portals,
Outlook Web Access, SharePoint, and other web applications. FileWay
Free comes licensed for 3 users, to use at you like. Used by orgs
from 10 to over 100,000 users. New easy to install wizard. Free full
user license at
http:/www.everywherenetworks.net/freedownload/FileWayFreeSetup.zip.
Additional licensing option available.
JUNK E-MAIL REPORTING TOOL
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=53541292-ce94-4c5b-9127-b7d56f11b619&displa
The Junk E-mail Reporting Tool allows you to submit junk e-mail to
Microsoft for analysis. When you choose to submit junk e-mail, it
will be deleted from your Inbox and sent to FrontBridge, a Microsoft
company, for analysis to help improve the effectiveness of
FrontBridge's junk e-mail filtering technologies. For Outlook 2003
and Outlook 2007. Version 1.
LOOKOUT
http://www.idelix.com/
LookOUT is an add-in for Outlook that enables you to map a location
or find directions straight from your Outlook Contacts window. Use
LookOUT to search for locations, map directions, or find products
and services in an area. Currently in beta.
ZARAFA
http://www.zarafa.com/
Zarafa is a software package that allows you to share e-mail and
calendars via Outlook, on your PDA or through our Webaccess. Using
Zarafa's offline features, you can even work while out of the
office. The Zarafa Webaccess features the familiar Outlook
interface, and you can keep using the features in Outlook that
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Updated Utilities
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AD BULK CONTACTS
http://www.dovestones.com/products/Active_Directory_Contacts_Import.asp
Active Directory Contact Import Tool. Import, modify or delete
Active Directory Contacts in bulk, mail-enable contacts on import.
Can be automated to keep Contacts up to date.
ATTACHMENT SAVE
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook/Attachment-Save.asp
Attachment Save now saves the emails as well as the attachments to
your Windows folders and it automatically re-attaches the attachment
at the moment you compose the reply or forward, rather than when the
Send button is clicked. It accepts UNC paths, has a multi-folder
Undo, and it allows you to execute a program after the attachment
has been saved to disk. Free upgrade to existing Attachment Save
owners. Version 4.0.
CLEARCONTEXT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
http://www.clearcontext.com
ClearContext Information Management System Professional is an
Outlook add-in to help users more efficiently manage their workday.
IMS Pro automatically prioritizes email based on importance and
includes additional functionality to create, process, and organize
emails, tasks and appointments. IMS pro is free to try for 30 days
and also allows users to delegate email to others or defer emails so
they disappear from the inbox and reappear at a later date. A
completely free version of the add-in, providing email
prioritization and organization functionality, is also available.
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Other Resources
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THE 2007 MICROSOFT OFFICE SYSTEM LEARNING PORTAL
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx
Training materials from Microsoft Learning are now available for the
Microsoft Office 2007 system.
For a limited time, you can take free E-Learning courses, find
special offers for classroom training, and download free E-Reference
books from Microsoft Press. |
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New Exchange Knowledge Base Articles
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An Entourage user may receive a meeting request that does not
correspond to the meeting time that is specified by the meeting
organizer in an Exchange Server 2003 organization
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925376
The error message "HTTP 404 error - Resource not found" is garbled
when you access Outlook Web Access in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
and you are using a DBCS language
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923411
Event ID 9325 is logged when Exchange 2003 generates an offline
address list
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926206
Error message when you try to mount the public folder store in
Exchange 2000: "An internal processing error has occurred. ID no:
c1041724"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926207
Outlook Web Access stops responding when you try to connect to a
front-end server that is running Exchange 2000 Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922718
The LegacyExchangeDN attribute for two user accounts may be the same
in Exchange Server 2003 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925397
The Inetinfo.exe process stops responding when you enable the
Envelope Journaling feature in an organization that is running
Exchange Server 2003 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926329
Many transaction log files are generated in a short time on an
Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925392
The subject and body of an NDR message are displayed incorrectly
when you receive an NDR message by using the German version of
Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923988
The "Microsoft Exchange Server" check box is missing from the Backup
tab of the Windows Backup program on a computer that is running
Exchange 2000 Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926208
You cannot copy or move a message that is formatted in Unicode to
the Inbox in an organization that is running Exchange Server 2003
SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922891
FIX: An NDR message that has an embedded TNEF attachment cannot be
delivered on a server that is running Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=920845
Event ID 9519 that includes error 0xfffffa84 is logged when you try
to mount a database after you use the Eseutil and Isinteg utilities
to recover the database in Exchange 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924627
The Compose Message form stops responding after you install Internet
Explorer 7.0 and the S/MIME control on an Outlook Web Access client
in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924334
You cannot connect to a mailbox store by using ExMerge after you
restore the mailbox store to a recovery server in Exchange 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924730
Error message when you use Outlook Web Access to open a meeting
request that was opened on an IMAP4 client in Exchange Server 2003
SP2: "Page not found"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923496
Error message when you use Outlook Web Access in Exchange 2000
Server: "The remote procedure call failed" or "The handle is
invalid"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926085 |
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New Outlook Knowledge Base Articles
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Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package:
October 19, 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927209
Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package:
October 11, 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926522
Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package:
October 13, 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926991
The size of a digitally signed and encrypted e-mail message grows
when you create, forward, or reply to a digitally signed and
encrypted e-mail message in Outlook or in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927092
Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package:
October 11, 2006
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926451
A removed delegate reappears after you restart Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925831
Error message when you click the Delegates tab in the Options dialog
box in Outlook 2003 with Exchange Server 2003: "The delegates page
is not available"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926205
Customer contact information is missing from the customer record in
Small Business Accounting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926077 |
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