Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

Kudo’s to Avi for the solution, write-up and persistance…   I didn’t think we were ever going to get to the bottom of this issue. Web forums and support sites offered little in assistance to the fix, in fact, many people are still baffled, and have thus not resolved the issue. The symptoms were as follows: …

If you get this… 5.7.1 smtp;550 5.7.1 RESOLVER.RST.AuthRequired; authentication required   It is likely because you haven’t allowed an Exchange (2007 or 2010) Distribution Group to receive email from recipients outside of the Organization (Exchange Organization/Active Directory). The default is Distribution Groups DO NOT ACCEPT Internet emails.   Here’s how the email NDR will look… …

I do this all the time (I’m all about keeping my Inbox tidy). If I have received an email (in Outlook) that specifies a date/time for a meeting or appointment, I simply drag that email onto my calendar and voila – it creates a new appointment with the body containing the contents of the email …

I’ve been asked to put together some SharePoint ‘Meeting Initiation’ scenarios, so here they are, presented as ‘business requirements’ and the techniques necessary to get rolling. Once you have created a meeting workspace, keep in mind that they are full, SharePoint sites that you can tune, customize and leverage for as long as you need. …

Microsoft has produced a SharePoint Site Collection (that you can integrate into your SharePoint site, if you have MOSS – not WSS, sorry), called the “Productivity Hub”, which can help with the adoption and education of SharePoint and the other standard Microsoft Office Products (and in the near future, Windows 7, etc.).   Where to …

If you are having difficulties *sending* email to a foreign domain (email address) *from* Exchange, here’s some suggestions for things to check/address.   1. Ensure you have a valid PTR record (reverse IP, defined with your ISP, not with your DNS provider) that returns the right value when someone performs an nslookup against your Public …

Here’s an interesting one, with a simple fix. A customer called today and they use Outlook 2003 with a 3rd party/hosted POP3 Server (and frankly, this problem and resolution could apply across all of Outlook, POP3 Servers and under the heading ‘common sense’). They have the option in Outlook to ‘Leave a copy of messages …

We were informed recently of a local computer user that was duped by a fictitious email masquerading as an email from his bank. Without going into detail it will suffice to say that the bad guys at the other end of the email obtained personal banking information from this user and proceeded to raid his …

Don’t mind me, just bookmarking some key tools I use here for Exchange 2003 and 2007 Outlook Anywhere and ActiveSync Testing.   Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer – https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com Telnet to Port 25/SMTP Testing – http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/153119 ActiveSync Tester (simulator) for Windows and the iPhone – https://store.accessmylan.com/main/diagnostic-tools

Here’s another one that comes up now and then…   Did you know you could save emails directly into a Document library (such as in our business case, our Clients Documentation library)? While it may not be necessary all the time, if something was said (technical details) or stated (warnings to the client), it may …