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Nov 02
2009

Outlook 2007 Reminder not Working

Posted by Meraj Khalid in email

Below are instructions that might help you to resolve outlook reminder pop up problems.

As Microsoft already defined a normal procedure to resolve this issue but in some situations this solution doesn’t work so probably follow Procedure two which I am going to define in this article.

Please first check the basic configuration of the Outlook.

Jun 25
2009

IE7 and IE8 - self signed SSL certificate not trusted?

Posted by Tom Finnis in tips and tricks , servers , security , remote working , PCs , mobile , email

Although proper SSL certificates from providers such as Digicert and Verisign have become much cheaper nowadays there are still many occasions when you might prefer to just use a self signed certificate. One of the most common occurences of this is with SBS server, to provide SSL secured web services such as OWA and RPC over HTTP. However the certificate warning you get everytime you open the web site is annoying and maybe confusing for less experienced users. In older versions of IE you could just install the certificate after viewing it but with the improved security in IE7 and IE8 this no longer works. Whilst putting the URL in your "Trusted Sites" list will let you view and import the certificate you will find it is still not properly trusted. The solution is to provide your users with the correct certificate file to install, but its not obvious where you get this from....

Apr 23
2009

Authenticated and anonymous SMTP relays in Exchange 2007

Posted by Tom Finnis in email

Petri have just published my latest guide which shows you how to setup authenticated and anonymous SMTP relay services on an Exchange 2007 server.

 You can view the article here

Apr 22
2009

Standardised email signatures in Microsoft Exchange

Posted by Mustafa Suleman in tips and tricks , servers , email

Being one for detail I'm amazed every time I receive emails from different users from the same organisation but with differing signatures.  Most of these emails come from small to medium businesses with some really slick marketing in general, in fact one could relate it to somebody wearing a very sharp evening suit with a pair of white sport socks! 

Microsoft seem to have omitted this essential feature which has prompted a host of third party applications available in the market place.  My preference is a product from Exclaimer called Mail utilities for Exchange that simply requires installation on your exchange server.  Not only can it standardise the signatures across your organisation but individual groups can be created to alert the recipients of important company information from differing departments as it integrates with the active directory.  A console can also be created for non technical administrative staff in order to manage the signatures, so there's absolutely no need to get dressed in the dark again!

Mar 29
2009

Public Folders on Windows Mobile & Blackberry

Posted by Tom Finnis in mobile , email

This is a subject I haven't looked at for some time, maybe surprisingly its something we don't get asked about all that often. A typical scenario might be where a company has an Exchange Calendar Public Folder containing details of company events, important dates and so on. They want their mobile users to be able to view this calendar on their Blackberrys or Windows Mobile phones so how do they go about it?

Feb 27
2009

Exchange 2007 catchall email mailboxes

Posted by Tom Finnis in tips and tricks , email

I'm not a fan of catchall mailboxes, they are a legacy of POP mail systems and getting Exchange to do it has always been a bodge. However the need arose recently with a client we migrated to SBS2008 so I decided to see what the options are for doing it in Exchange 2007.