Category Archives: Microsoft

How to Restrict External Internet Mail in Only One Mailbox

This article describes how to restrict Internet Mail from users by filtering messages in the Internet Mail Service connector. When you select this option, all internal users in the organization who use that Internet Mail Service Connector for Internet mail delivery are affected.

Better App.Path Function

App.Path returns a string with the “\” character at the end if the path is the root drive (e.g., “C:\”) but without that character if it isn’t (e.g., “C:\Program Files”). Most of the time we need the “\” at the end, so this function saves you the inconvenience of adding it every time.

What is the difference between running isinteg – fix and edbutil /d /r or eseutil /p?

First of all, edbutil /d /r (Exchange 4.0 and 5.0) or eseutil /p (Exchange 5.5) is strictly a last resort for repairing a database file: it fixes only low-level database corruption (bad pages). The isinteg -fix command works at the information store level, fixing objects, schemes, and other high-level data/structure problems. If for some reason you don’t have a backup to restore from or… Read More »

TaskList

TaskList displays all running applications and services with their Process ID (PID) This can be run on either a local or a remote computer.

SUBST

Substitute a drive letter for a network or local path.  This comes in handy when you want to reference a directory which may have a really long path by a drive letter.

TRACERT

Find the IP address of any remote host. TRACERT is useful for troubleshooting large networks where several paths can be taken to arrive at the same point, or where many intermediate systems (routers or bridges) are involved.