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Automating Backups

Question: Is there a command-line way to back up my Exchange databases without stopping the services, like the GUI can? Or, for that matter, is there any automated method of

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IMC and Latency

Question: Outbound messages are being delayed randomly. You can send them to the same host—sometimes they don’t queue up long enough to even see. Other times they are there for

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Date Time Values in Parameterized Queries

Question: I have a parameterized SQL statement like the following: “insert into eSession (ESessionID, eUserName, eLastActivityTime) VALUES(?,?,?)” It’s parameters are ‘bbb’,’name’ and ‘2000/01/01 22:23:25′, using an ODBC connection. I can’t

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Redirecting E-Mail

Question: How can I redirect mail sent to a particular mailbox to an external address? Answer: Outlook 2000 has the ability, in the Rules Wizard, to redirect mail. You’ll find

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Backup Exchange in Windows 2000

Question: I have a Windows 2000 server where I have installed the Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3. I want to do a backup, but the Exchange option is empty

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Receiving Mail from the Internet

Question: How can I place my Exchange Server on a network with private addresses and have my MX record point to the server even though the server is behind a

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Running Ace Reports from Within 4GL

Question: My ace report/shell script did not wait for user intervention. I have solved that with: script.sh < mytty > mytty But now the screen needs refreshing with a CTRL-R.

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Retrieving Messages After Restore

Question: This weekend I did a restore of my Information store. I had to do a repairmidway through. This morning, a few people have told me they can’t opensome mail