Exchange

Use PFDAVAdmin to recover deleted public folder or items

This might be old news to some 🙂 But PFDAVADmin is still a great utility and it works perfect for Exchange 2007 (from a client, see my last post). Besides using it to handle folder permissions, it can also recover public folders or public folder items, that have been accidentally deleted, as long as it’s within the retention time. This article describes how to recover deleted public folders or items that are deleted from public …

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New Exchange TechCenter on TechNet

Microsoft has re-launched a new TechCenter for Exchange on TechNet, with primary focus on Exchange 2010 of course. Still a lot of information in the Library about older Exchange versions though. See the new Exchange Server TechCenter here.

Backscatter protection

This great blog post by the Forefront team about Backscatter protection and how to deal with it using Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server. In essence, backscatter is a DSN (Delivery Status Notification) delivered to a recipient who never sent the original mail in the first place. While the DSN itself is perfectly legitimate and valid notification initiated by a reputable MTA, it has been sent to a user who never initiated the original mail …

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