By Greg Dodge, 01/03/2000
If you must journal all your email messages, you need a method for storing and retrieving the messages. The Microsoft Exchange Archiving Agent is a tool for low-budget, ...
By Greg Dodge, 11/02/1999
If government or corporate policies require you to save all messages, message journaling is the tool you need. Find out how message journaling works, how to plan for and configure ...
By Mark Ott, 07/01/1999
When you don't need 24x7 connectivity, the SMTP command ETRN lets your Exchange server periodically connect to an ISP to send and retrieve your mail. Find out how ETRN works and ...
By Mark Ott, 06/01/1999
Exchange permissions aren't intuitive and are often inconsistent with Windows NT permissions. Find out about Exchange role and rights and how permissions flow.
By Mark Ott, 05/01/1999
Learn how to use these built-in monitors to keep tabs on Exchange and Windows NT services, synchronize clocks, and check messaging links.
By Mark Ott, 02/01/1999
Here are some tips for using details templates effectively to customize what the client can view.
By Mark Ott, 02/01/1999
Use Exchange Server details templates to display information about recipients that is typically available only at the server.
By Mark Ott, 01/01/1999
ABVs have some quirks. Here are some tips for using ABVs efficiently.
By Mark Ott, 01/01/1999
ABVs let you group mailboxes into a set of logical containers independent of the container in which they physically reside, and you can hide these views from other groups in the ...
By Mark Ott, 12/01/1998
You can improve performance by limiting message size from the client and the server, by optimizing network traffic, and carefully managing distribution lists.
By Mark Ott, 11/01/1998
Walk through recovery of an Exchange server when a crash hasn't affected Windows NT and log files are intact but disk drive failure has destroyed database files.
By Mark Ott, 10/01/1998
You need to place transaction logs on a separate disk from database files. Review these suggestions for placing and moving transaction log files.
By Mark Ott, 10/01/1998
Learn how a backup works, review several backup methods, and think about a strategy, and look at some helpful Exchange utilities.
By Mark Ott, 06/01/1998
Learn how the email client interacts with public folders and how the mail administrator can configure public folder options within the organization for optimal performance.
By Mark Ott, 05/01/1998
Directory replication doesn't always function perfectly, but you can solve some of these common problems.
By Mark Ott, 05/01/1998
Exchange maintains the directory by copying changes from one server to others. Review how the directory works and how to configure Exchange components across your enterprise for ...
By Mark Ott, 04/01/1998
Meet the resources you need for troubleshooting message queues and tracking messages: message queue management, Performance Monitor workspaces, and a message tracking search ...
By Mark Ott, 12/01/1997
Hardware profiles can performance-tune your PC, enable cards that would otherwise not work, and provide greater flexibility in laptop configurations.