Questions tagged [hosted-exchange]
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Forcing the from address when postfix relays over smtp
I'm trying to get email reports from our AWS EC2 instances. We're using Exchange Online (part of Microsoft Online Services). I've setup a user account specifically for SMTP relaying, and I've setup Postfix to meet all the requirements to relay…

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Why do big Exchange installations require downtime for maintenance?
I have used several top tier third party Exchange providers over the years, and all of them have had regular scheduled downtimes for routine maintenance (roughly once a month). I am wondering what is it about Exchange that makes it impossible to…

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Experience with Microsoft Online Services hosted Exchange
Has anyone used MS Online Services - Exchange Online in production? I can't find any intelligent reviews about it.
MS is theoretically the best company to host their own software, but what about in practice?
My users primarily access their email…

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How to manage bandwidth for Cached Exchange Mode
We recently started using Microsoft's Hosted Exchange offering with Outlook 2010, and are very happy with it. So far we have been able to easily migrate calendars and contacts from old PST files into Exchange without any problems.
The only data…

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Exchange Server vs. IMAP
I've been using a hosted exchange server environment (dslExtreme) for years. Originally, I used it w/ Outlook, but now that I have a Mac, I use Entourage. I also use my iPhone to connect to my ES account. I've been the only user and I don't have…

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Can MS Exchange provide a solution for multiple domains?
Is it possible to have an Exchange Server solution that allows for multiple email domains? I would like to make use of push email but also want to retain the scheduling features of Outlook/Exchange integration. The only problem is I use multiple…

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Timeout issues with hosted Exchange 2010 OWA
About six months ago we transitioned from an in-house Exchange 2003 server to a hosted Exchange 2010 service.
For the most part this has worked well, but the providers OWA constantly times out. About 6/10 requests time out or more, and it's gotten…

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Autodiscover redirect to external Server
We have following situation:
SBS 2008 that runs Exchange 2007 (built in)
Several mailboxes on that SBS
One user that uses a hosted exchange mailbox because the user needs Blackberry-services that we host in our datacenter (exchange-2007)
That…

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BPOS, Google Apps, or my own Exchange server?
I know I'm walking into a religious war, but I'm hoping to get some advice from people who have actually managed their 50+ person company's transition to either Microsoft BPOS or Google apps. (Or evaluated them and decided to do something else!)
Our…
Jesse
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Local data consistency issues with Large Exchange Mailboxes, Apple Mail, Multiple Connections to same account
I have a longstanding situation with a client who has a tremendous amount of email. To make matters worse, the bulk of the message content and attachments are text files. So, we're talking about a lot of headers, small files and a whole bunch of…

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Windows AD and Hosted Exchange password sync
Does anyone know of any options available to sync a users local AD password with a hosted exchange account password.
My question is along similar lines to this one here at ServerFault but as it was originally asked back in 2010, I was wondering if…

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What comes first on Exchange Quota or Vacation message?
If I have a vacation message set in Exchange and I am over quota, will people get my vacation message or will they just get the exceeded quota message?

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How to extract specific messages from Outlook OST files?
The company I work for is in the middle of a legal dispute. As part of the dispute we have been asked to provide all emails SENT TO or RECEIVED from a list of 141 individuals during a 4 month time span.
There are about 12 people in the company, we…

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Restricting mailboxes to accept messages from specific external senders
Here's the scenario: I have an MS Exchange distribution list called SMT. Currently, msExchRequireAuthToSendTo is set to true, so this list will not accept emails from external senders. We recently hired a new VP of something, and he uses an external…

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Any free Exchange hosts out there?
Are there any free Microsoft Exchange hosted solutions? I understand that Microsoft Exchange is a paid/licensed product, but I was curious if there might be a host that has a free hosting model (e.g. for <= 3 mailboxes per domain)? Larger mail boxes…

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