Configuring multiple E-mail domains in exchange 2010

We can configure Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to accept e-mail for more than one SMTP domains. In this article I will show you how to configure the accepted domains and how to create the new email address policy for the new e-mail domain

Scenarios:-

• Your Company has different independent business units and the each of them need different e-mail domains; company management doesn’t want to spend money for this.
• You Providing the email hosting service and have to accept e-mail for more than one SMTP domain name

Prerequisites

• A public DNS MX resource record is required for each SMTP domain for which you accept e-mail from the Internet. Each MX record should resolve to the Internet-facing server that receives e-mail for your organization.
• Send and Receive connectors should be configured, so that the Exchange organization can send e-mail to and receive e-mail from the Internet.

There are two steps to configure exchange 2010 to accept e-mail for more than one SMTP domains. The initial step is configuring the accepted domain and the second one is create or modify the email policy.

Use the EMC to configure Exchange 2010 to accept e-mail for more than one domain

Expand the Organization Configuration node, and then click Hub Transport. In the results pane, click the Accepted Domains tab.

In the action pane, click New Accepted Domain, or right-click and select the New Accepted Domain from the Accepted Domains tab. Then the New Accepted Domain wizard appears.

Figure: 1

On the New Accepted Domain page, type a name to identify the accepted domain entry. In the Accepted Domain field, type the SMTP domain name. Select Authoritative Domain. E-mail is delivered to a recipient in this Exchange organization.

Click New to create the Accepted Domain.

Figure: 2

Now you can see that the Authoritative Accepted Domain shareef.info has been created and listed in the Accepted Domain tab

Figure: 3

Now we need to configure the email address policy for the newly created authoritative domain. To do this either we can create new email address policy or edit the existing email address policy. I prefer to create the new email address policy.

To create the new email address policy expand the Organization Configuration node, and then click Hub Transport. In the results pane, click the E-mail Address Policies tab.

In the action pane, click New E-mail Address Policy or right-click and select the New E-Mail Address Policy from the E-mail Address Policies tab.

Figure: 4

Type a name for the e-mail address policy in this example its @shareef.info. If the users that will be assigned this new e-mail address policy are all in a specific organizational unit (OU), click Browse to restrict this e-mail address policy to that specific OU. Select an option under Include these recipient types to determine to which recipient types this e-mail address policy will be applied, in this example I choose Users with Exchange Mailbox, you can select this option as per your exchange environment. Click Next.

Figure: 5

If you want to specify any condition for this policy specify the same. In this example I prefer not to specify any condition. Click Next to continue.

Figure: 6

On the E-mail Addresses page, click Add to specify the domain for the E-mail Address and the E-mail address local part.

Figure: 7

In the SMTP E-mail Address dialog box, select the option under E-mail address local part that determines how the recipient’s e-mail address alias will be generated.

Click the Select the accepted domain for the e-mail address option, and then click Browse. In the Select Accepted Domain dialog box, select an accepted domain, in this example its shareef.info and then click OK. Click OK again to close the SMTP E-mail Address dialog box.

Figure: 8

Click Next to continue.

Figure: 9

In the Schedule page, select an option to specify when the e-mail address policy will be applied and the maximum length of time that the task is permitted to run. I am choosing immediately.

Click Next.

Figure: 10

Click New to create the new E-Mail Address Policy

Figure: 11

The New E-Mail Address Policy task has been completed successfully. Click Finish to exit the wizard.

Figure: 12

In this screenshot you can see the new email address policy has been applied.

Figure: 13

PowerShell commands for configuring the Exchange 2010 to accept e-mail for more than one domain

To create the New Authoritative Accepted Domain

New-AcceptedDomain -Name “blog.shareef.info” -DomainName shareef.info -DomainType Authoritative

To create the New E-Mail Address Policy

New-EmailAddressPolicy -Name “@shareef.info” -IncludedRecipients UserMailbox -ConditionalDepartment “Fourth Coffee” -Priority 1 -EnabledEmailAddressTemplates “SMTP:@fourthcoffee.com”

To apply the New E-Mail Address Policy to the recipients

Update-EmailAddressPolicy -Identity “@shareef.info”

Source

http://blog.shareef.info/2010/06/02/configuring-multiple-e-mail-domains-in-exchange-2010/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996314.aspx

Configure Exchange 2000/2003 to Receive E-Mail for other Domains

How do I configure my Exchange 2000/2003 server to accept e-mails for domains other than my own?

Exchange 2000/2003 will only accept e-mail traffic for the e-mail domain that is identical to the name of your Active Directory domain. However sometimes we would like to allow our Exchange server to also receive e-mail for domains other than our own, internal domain name.

For example, if you have an AD domain called TEST.HOME and you've installed Exchange 2000/2003 on it, each and every mailbox enabled user, mail enabled user, mail enabled group, mail enabled contact and mail enabled Public Folders you have will automatically have an e-mail address of ALIAS@TEST.HOME.

One day you've decided that you'd like to have an Internet presence, so you bought TEST.COM and you'd like to begin using it on your Exchange server. You don't need to rename your AD domain for that, but you DO need to configure Exchange to receive e-mail for the new domain, along with the traffic you might have had for the old domain name.

This example can also be extended to instances where a company has had it's Internet domain name changed, or when one Exchange server is used to host mailboxes for more than one company.

Basically, Exchange can handle hundreds of mail domains without any problem (up to about 1000 domains), so performance is usually not an issue.

In all of the above examples you'll need to configure Exchange to use new (or modified) Recipient Policies to reflect the change in the e-mail domain names.

Note: You can also configure only a specific range of recipients to receive the new e-mail address. That topic is covered in the Configure Specific E-Mail Addresses for Specific Exchange 2000/2003 Users article.

In order to create a new Recipient Policy please perform the following steps:

1. Open the Exchange System Manager.
2. Navigate to the Recipients folder, expand it and go to Recipient Policies. Right-click Default Recipient Policies and choose Properties.

Note: You can also create new Recipient Policies instead on modifying the Default Recipient Policy. You will want to do that in cases when you want to choose specific users or recipients on whom you'd like the new policy to apply. That topic is covered in the Configure Specific E-Mail Addresses for Specific Exchange 2000/2003 Users article.

1. Click on the E-Mail Address Policy tab. Notice how the default SMTP E-Mail address suffix is exactly the same as your AD Domain. This is where we want to add the new domain.

1. On the E-Mail Address Policy tab you can add all sorts of e-mail addresses, but the most common one is SMTP of course. Click New, choose SMTP and then configure your Internet E-Mail Domain name (the one you plan to add to all your Exchange recipients - users, groups, contacts and Public Folders).

Remember to add a "@" sign before the new domain name.

You can also select the new e-mail address to be the primary address (i.e. in bold, and it will be used as the e-mail address to where the replies to messages sent by your users will be sent).

Make sure you place a V in the checkbox near the new domain name, otherwise this policy will not make any changes to your recipients.

Note: You can add as many e-mail domain names you want (you should of course OWN them...duh) and the policy will configure them all.

Lamer Note: No, entering "kuku.co.il" is not what YOU'RE supposed to do, this is just an example. You need to BUY your OWN domain name and then have it configured to send e-mail traffic to YOUR server. Read the Configure MX Records for Incoming SMTP E-Mail Traffic article for more info on this topic.

When you're done click Ok.

1. Read the Exchange System Manager message that pops out and click Ok. Basically, this message tells you that if you plan to make changes to this filter you should then run the Apply Policy Now option.

1. After you've set your policy, you will now need to apply it. Right-click it and select Apply this Policy Now.

1. In order to make things happen faster, you'll want to re-run the Recipient Update Service - or RUS - (both of them in most cases, all of them in case you have more than one AD domain). Go to the Recipient Update Service folder and in the right pane right-click all the instances of the RUS you see, and select Update Now.

1. In order to test the success of the new Recipient Policy, go to one of your recipients and see if the new e-mail address is listed in the recipient's properties.

Done! In cases where the new e-mail address we've just configured is a sub-domain of your current existing domain you'll need to contact your ISP or Name Server provider and ask them to add a sub-domain to your existing domain.

In cases where the new address is for a totally different domain you'll need to configure the MX Records for the new domain. Without performing this step no one will ever know that your server is in fact serving this new domain. Read my Configure MX Records for Incoming SMTP E-Mail Traffic article for more info on this subject.

You can also test to see if your Exchange server is in fact willing to accept messages destined for this new domain. The best methods of testing can be found in the SMTP, POP3 and Telnet in Exchange 2000/2003, Send Mail from Script and Test SMTP Service in IIS and Exchange articles.

Links

You Cannot Deliver Mail to the Local Domain After You Change the Default Recipient Policy - 819421

Source

http://www.petri.co.il/configure_exchange_2000_2003_to_receive_email_for_other_domains.htm

How to make Android child-friendly

A good article on how to make an Android child-friendly.

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Our aim is threefold: to limit app access, to limit phone and internet access and to create an easy to use interface. Ideally we'd also like to control internet access to certain applications and filter web sites, but as you'll see this is complicated by certain limitations.

Restricting apps

For people after a quick and simple "sandbox" there are two fun app options. The first is called Toddler Lock. It's a free, child-friendly lockscreen that interactively draws shapes, patterns and makes happy sounds but otherwise keeps your valuable Android device locked.

Slightly more advanced but just as simple to implement is Famigo Sandbox. This locks down the device and leaves only parent-selected apps available. If you have kids apps already installed it does a good job of automatically spotting these. The interface is colorful, big and fun, locks out the phone and internet and provides a preapproved selection of extra apps to add.

Greater flexibility

If you want a more DIY approach, one that'll provide greater flexibility and can grow with the needs of your child, then we'll show you how to make an Android device child safe in the step-by-step below, providing only the applications you want, a interesting interface to use and even safe internet access, if you so choose.

Going beyond this is down to you. The great thing about Android devices is their access to the Android Market, this instantly provides access to hundreds of thousands of apps, almost 150,000 of which are free.

1. The Go Theme

By default Android has tiny icons and text, even for adults, and it's a bit boring to look at. Install Go Launcher EX for free and then the Cartoon Theme. That will pretty things up no end, but everything is still quite small, and as standard there's nothing you can do about this. Try installing Bigger Icons Widget, which helps a lot. If you have Root access then using LCDDensity to increase the DPI will increase the size of everything to kiddie levels.

2. Lock down

Our main worry is to block access to all apps that we don't specify. As a matter of course you should fire up Android Market, press menu and select Settings. Make sure you enable Content filtering and add a PIN for purchases. Next grab App Lock - it's free and will PIN protect all the apps that you want it to.

3. Setting profiles

With all of the apps locked down it's now time to do the same for internet and phone access. You could just go into Settings, disable the networks and wireless, but there's no guarantee things won't get turned back on by accident. We suggest Setting Profiles Lite, which offers a way of configuring a host of settings including data connections, sounds and notifications from a single place.

4. Profile shot

Setting Profiles Lite only offers a single profile but that's enough. Tap Menu and New profile. Once you've given it a name you're able to control the wireless, data and volume settings amongst other things. With that created make a rule about when those restrictions should apply, all day is one and you can activate the profile via the status menu.

5. Safe browsing

At this point you should have a good looking and a safe Android environment to leave your children playing around in. The Android Market is locked off, the internet is locked and so are any mobile connections. If you do want to allow internet browsing the bad news is that options are limited for site filtering but Safe Browser at least provides white and blacklists and access to filth-free sites.

6. Firewall and more

Unfortunately there is no comprehensive website filter or blocking tool. We'd have liked a blanket ban and a system to white list only our chosen sites. If you know one let us know. You can implement filtering via Wi-Fi routers and Android does have firewalls but these tend to only work on rooted devices, such as the flexible DroidWall.

Source

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/how-to-make-android-child-friendly-1045708

Tips & Tricks: BlackBerry Enterprise Activation on a BIS Data Plan

With the onslaught of new devices and device changes, there’s sometimes a need to activate your device on a Blackberry Enterprise Server Express.  With new devices, BES IT policies, software upgrades, difficulties explaining to users how to download from appworld, software compatibility issues occur (as a good friend of mine recently mentioned in his article) and one looks like a star when they have an alternate method to do this.  The point of this article is one such method.

On many carriers, when your Blackberry Device is on a BIS plan, the Enterprise Activation menu item is removed as an available feature. This is generally done by the change or  removal to the service books on the device with it’s interaction with the carrier’s network.

Now for the fun stuff!

In order to get a BIS data plan Blackberry activated on a BES Express, when the menu item does not show on the device one needs to delete the device’s service books, reboot and activate.   I enjoy creating these Step-by-Step’s, so I’ve written this article accordingly.

Step 1: From the main screen of your device scroll up and select the connections bar, or scroll down in your icons to connections.

Step 2: Turn off your wireless by removing the check marks from Mobile Network and Wi-Fi.

Step 3: Escape to the main screen and type Service Books, or depending on the OS version, scroll down and click on Options.

Step 4: In options (or Options and Advanced), select the Service Book icon/menu list.

Step 5: Inside Service Books, highlight each one and either press the delete key, or as listed in the next screen shot, click the menu key and select delete. This needs to be done for each service book, with the exception of the Provisioning, which will not delete. When you see the above, select delete. Once completed, please reboot the blackberry.

Step 6: Once the blackberry is completed, go to the options menu for Enterprise Activation. Either use the search to find it, or options, advanced and enterprise activation, depending on your OS version.

Step 7: Once you have the Enterprise Activation selection, click on it.

Step 8: Inside Enterprise Activation, enter in your email address and password and click activate

(Side Step)  If this is a new to you device and you see the above message, please select yes, so that it can clear the device and start a fresh activation. If the device revives from reboot and the Enterprise activation option is no longer listed, please start the process again at Step 1.

Step 9: When you receive a prompt to enable the radio, please do so and be patient for the process to complete.

Source

http://www.berryreview.com/2011/08/18/tips-tricks-blackberry-enterprise-activation-on-a-bis-data-plan/

Attachments remain in the Outlook Secure Temporary File folder when you exit Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2007

 

You exit Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 while email attachments are open. These attachments are from email messages that are in a secure Outlook folder.

Alternatively, Outlook unexpectedly closes. When this occurs, the attachments remain in the "Outlook Secure Temporary File" folder. This occurs even if you close the attachments after you exit Outlook.  Additionally, if you open the attachment to the email message from the Preview pane, you do not receive a prompt to save changes when you exit Outlook.

This problem occurs because Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007 cannot remove the temporary file or dispose of the secure temporary folder while the attachments are open.

When you open file attachments that are considered safe, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007 puts these attachments in a subdirectory of the Temporary Internet Files directory as an additional precaution. When Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2007 first tries to use a temporary file, it examines the registry to determine whether the following value exists, depending on your version of Outlook.

Outlook 2010

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Security

or

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Security

Value Name: OutlookSecureTempFolder
Data Type: REG_SZ

Outlook 2007

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security

or

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security

Value Name: OutlookSecureTempFolder
Data Type: REG_SZ

If the value exists, and if the value contains a valid path, Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2007 uses that location for its temporary files.

If the registry value does not exist, or if the value points to an invalid location, Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2007 creates a new subdirectory under the Temporary Internet Files directory and then puts the temporary file in the new subdirectory. The name of the new subdirectory is unknown and is randomly generated, depending on your version of Outlook. In this situation, to locate this subdirectory, depending on your version of Windows and your version of Outlook, follow these steps.

For Windows 7 and for Windows Vista:

1. Click Start, and then click Computer.
2. Click Organize, and then click Folder and search options.
3. On the View tab, make the following changes:
   1. Select the Show hidden files, folders, and drives option.
   2. Click to clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box.
4. Click OK.
5. Continue with the next set of steps based on your version of Outlook.
   For Outlook 2010 and for Outlook 2007:
   1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Run.
   2. In the Run dialog box, type the following command (including the quotation marks), and then click OK.

      "C:\Users\ username \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook"

   3. Open the subfolder under the Content.Outlook folder whose folder name is a randomly generated sequence of letters and numbers. For example, FW0B6RID.
      Note There may be more than one subfolder with a randomly generated name under the Content.Outlook folder.

Source

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817878

Cell Phone Frequency

Most premium mobile phones on the market today support four frequency bands for 2G – 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. This provides nearly global coverage. Japan and Korea are notable exceptions as they don’t have 2G GSM networks. For 3G, 2100 MHz is nearly globally accepted except for the U.S. 3G in the U.S. is divided by carrier (ATT – 850/1900 MHz, T-Mobile – 1700 MHz). In some countries additional frequencies are available to improve network capacity.

Let’s take the Dell Venue Smartphone as a specific example. Venue has two base product versions from the frequency band support perspective:

1.Version One has the following:

• 2G support: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)
• 3G support (WCDMA): 850/1900/2100
• This version supports quad-band 2G and 2100 3G, therefore it has largely global capability in either 2G or 3G. It also supports the 850/1900 MHZ bands required by AT&T in the US. This version would be recommended for consumers with AT&T service.

2.Version Two has the following:

• 2G support: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)
• 3G support (WCDMA): 900/1700/2100 (1700 is also known as the AWS band)
• This version also supports quad-band 2G and 2100 3G, therefore it has largely global capability in either 2G or 3G. It also supports the 1700 MHZ bands required by T-Mobile in the US. This version would be recommended for consumers with T-Mobile service.

In summary

AT&T 3G 850/1900

T-Mobile 3G 1700/2100

 

Source

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/landing/locked_unlocked_phones?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

AT&T Data Plan Codes

 

As of 10/5/2011. These are codes AT&T customer care agents can use in the AT&T computer system to get the necessary data plan.

$65 Unlimited international/domestic 3G data plan for iPhone : RIRPZ

$65 Unlimited international/domestic 3G enterprise data plan for Blackberry: RIRBG

$65 Unlimited international/domestic 3G data plan for Smartphone: RIRSZ

$45?? Unlimited domestic 4G enterprise data plan for Blackberry: HSTBW7

Upgrade or Repair a TiVo Hard Drive with InstantCake

InstantCake is the fastest, easiest and safest way to repair, replace or upgrade your TiVo hard drive without purchasing a pre-configured kit or installation service. Boot the custom CD in a standard PC and create a replacement drive for your TiVo DVR.

Currently 1 TB HD is the biggest HD you can upgrade to with this software.

I unplugged my primary HD and plugged the cables into the replacement HD.

Booted CD. My settings were HDA for the replacement HD and HDC for the cd drive. Note that you can press shift+up to see what assignment your drives have.

Source

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm

Outlook 2010 Junk Email Is Grayed Out

If your Outlook 2010 Junk Email is grayed out

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\14.0\outlook and change DisableAntiSpam to 0.

Or save the following in notepad as Outlook2010EnableJunkEmail.reg and double click it to automatically make the changes.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook]
"DisableAntiSpam"=dword:00000000

Source

http://www.groovypost.com/forum/microsoft-office/junk-filter-in-outlook-2010-not-working-t96233.html

Automatic Updates Options Greyed Out

Open notepad and copy the following.  Save as WindowsUpdateGrayedOutFix.reg.  Once saved double click the file and you should be able to change Automatic Updates options.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"AUOptions"=-
"NoAutoUpdate"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate]
"DisableWindowsUpdateAccess"=-

SonicWall Global VPN Client (GVC) Troubleshooting

 

Are you getting in Windows 7 or Windows Vista: "Failed to Open the IPSec Driver"?

The answer to fix is thankfully very simple but not so obvious. Under Windows Vista, particularly Windows 7, the SonicWall IPSec driver is sometimes unable to load.
Fortunately, the remedy is simple:

1. Close the SonicWall VPN Client and exit it if it appears in the system tray (by the clock);
2. Go to Device Manager (Computer->Manage->Device Manager);
3. Go to the "View" menu and select "Show Hidden Devices";
4. Scroll down in device manager to "Non-Plug and Play" and right-click on "SonicWall IPSec Driver";
5. Select from the right-click menu "Properties";
6. Under the "Driver" tab, make sure the "Startup" type is set to "Automatic";
7. Also, make sure under "Current Status" the service is started. It should look like below:
   
8. Now the service is set to auto-start and is running, open up your VPN client and voila! It works! (And don't worry, now you've done this once you don't need to do it again).

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Select Phonebook Entry when trying to connect to VPN

Are you getting a dialogue box when you enable your SonicWall Global VPN Client's VPN connection which says "Select Phonebook Entry"; "This connection will use a phonebook entry to connect to the internet"?

If so, it is one of two things:

1. You actually don't have an internet connection active, so SonicWall is prompting to use a dial-up connection to achieve internet connectivity. Check your browser and wireless connection and make sure you have connectivity by visiting a webpage;
2. You are using Windows 7 E edition (or Windows 7 beta/release candidate) and have removed Internet Explorer 8. Windows 7 allows you, for the first time in over a decade since windows was introduced, to run the Operating System without Internet Explorer installed. Unfortunately, the current version of SonicWall Global VPN Client requires Internet Explorer. Re-install IE, reboot and re-install the SonicWall client.

However, fortunately the remedy is simple. If you definitely have an internet connection and it wants to open a phonebook connection, do the following:

1. Edit properties of your VPN Connection by right-clicking on connection name and selecting "Properties";
2. Go to the "Peers" tab and you'll see a list of IP addresses (or just 1) of your firewall(s) to connect to. Click "Edit" on one of them (or the only one);
3. In the 'Networking' Section, change the "Interface Selection" from "Automatic" to "LAN Only".
   
4. Restart GVC and re-connect to your VPN - it should now work!

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Deploy SonicWall Global VPN Client via Group Policy, with Client VPN Settings (Default.rcf)

OK, so many small businesses and small medium enterprises use SonicWall's Corporate Firewall devices. They are cost-effective, exceedingly flexible and offer fantastic uncompromised features.
So, why not utilize the power of Group Policy to corporatize your network?
This step-by-step will teach you how to both generate an (optional) default.rcf file (which is the VPN Client settings to tell the computer how to connect to your office firewall) and how to extract and deploy the Sonicwall Global VPN Client through Group Policy Objects.

Pre-requisites

1. Download the latest SonicWALL Global VPN Client (at time of writing, it is 4.6.4.0114);
2. Active Directory Domain with Group Policy Management Tool installed for advanced Group Policy Deployment;
3. Network Share to store Global VPN Client for client deployment;
4. Corporate SonicWALL Firewall HTTP Management Page to generate RCF file (settings template) for optional pre-client setup.

Step-by-Step

1. If you would like the VPN Clients to be installed pre-configured with your SonicWall Gateway VPN Settings, do the following:
   1. Export the WAN groupVPN configuration from your SonicWall Firewall/UTM appliance: VPN->WAN GROUP VPN Settings -> EXPORT ->RCF FILE
      OR
      Create a default.rcf if you want multiple connections. Sonicwall have an admin guide for generating a default.rcf file, or an example one is here.
   2. Rename the exported configuration file to default.rcf
   3. Save this file for later!
2. Extract the GVCSetupXX.exe setup file (where XX is either 32 for 32-bit Windows platforms or 64 for 64-bit Windows platforms) by typing the command line as follows:
   GVCSetupXX.exe /T:<Path where you want MSI to be extracted> /C
   E.g. GVCSetup32.exe /T:c:\Sonicwall /C
3. Perform an administrative install of the MSI file (GVCInstallXX.MSI) to make the Global VPN Client (GVC) ready for group policy installation by typing:
   msiexec /a c:\Sonicwall\GVCSetup32.msi /qb TARGETDIR=\\SERVER\GVC SHARE
   This will install the MSI files into a network share for group policy deployment.
4. [You may skip this step]. Copy the default.rcf file to the \Module Retargetable Folder in the network share (e.g. \\SERVER\GVC SHARE\Module Retargetable)
   This file will be copied during install and when you start the Global VPN Client, it reads the default.rcf and creates the defined connections from it.
5. Your SonicWall Global VPN Client is now extracted, administratively installed to a share and may optionally include the client connections information (via default.rcf). Now follow Guru Guy's Guide to Software Installation via Group Policy to deploy your software!

Source

http://magalan.co.uk/sonicwall_vpn_problems.html

Blackberry - How to configure folder redirection to receive email messages delivered to folders other than the Inbox (synching sub-folders)

Folder redirection (syncing sub-folders) can be enabled from the Email Settings tool on the BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Desktop Manager on the computer, or the BlackBerry Manager or BlackBerry Administration Service in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Complete the following steps for the appropriate option.

Note: The settings apply only to email messages that are received after the folder redirection changes have been saved.

BlackBerry Smartphone

For BlackBerry 6 devices, complete the following steps:

1. From the Home screen, select the Desktop message icon.
2. Click the Menu key and select Options.
3. From the Email Preferences screen, click Email Preferences.
4. At the top of the Email Preferences screen, select the Desktop Message Service and click the Menu key.
5. Highlight and select Folder Redirection.
6. Choose the mailbox, expand if necessary, and check folder items to redirect.
7. Press the Menu key and click Save.

For BlackBerry Device Software 4.5 to 5.0 complete the following steps:

1. From the Home screen of the BlackBerry smartphone, click the Desktop mailbox.
2. Press the Menu key and click Options then click Email Settings.
3. Press the Menu key and select Folder Redirection.
4. Expand Desktop, expand Mailbox - <Mailbox Name> and expand Inbox as necessary.
5. Select or clear each check box as required (select check boxes for any folders required to be redirected to the BlackBerry smartphone).

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BlackBerry Desktop Manager

1. Open the BlackBerry Desktop Manager and double-click Email Settings.
2. Click the General tab.
3. In the Folder Redirection section, select the Selected folders option.
4. Click Choose Folders.
5. In the Choose Folders window, expand the folder that receives new email messages.
6. Select the folder that receives new email messages and any additional folders to be redirected to the BlackBerry smartphone.
7. Click OK.

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To set up folder redirection from the BlackBerry Administration Service (BAS) for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0, complete the following steps:

1. Log into the BlackBerry Administration Service web console.
2. Expand User under BlackBerry Solution Management.
3. Click Manage Users.
4. Search for the user and click on the user's display name.
5. Click Default configuration under the Messaging Configuration section of the User Information tab of the user view.
6. Click the email tab.
7. Click Edit user.
8. Select Selected folders under the Redirection settings.
9. Select the folders that need to be redirected.
10. Click Continue to user information edit.
11. Click Save all.

Source

http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB04297

.pst Repair

 

If you can't open your Personal Folders file (.pst) or your Offline Folder file (.ost), or you suspect that your .pst or .ost data file is corrupted, you can use the Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe) to diagnose and repair errors in the file. The Inbox Repair tool scans only the .pst or .ost file, not your mailbox on the server running Microsoft Exchange. The tool determines whether the file structure is intact. If it is not intact, the Inbox Repair tool resets your file structure and rebuilds the headers.

The Inbox Repair tool works on both the Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) and the Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) data files in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

Scanpst.exe is installed when you install Outlook. It is located at:

drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.

Repair errors by using Scanpst.exe

1. Exit Outlook if it is running.
2. Double-click Scanpst.exe, located at drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.
3. In the Enter the name of the file you want to scan box, enter the name of the .pst or .ost file that you want to check, or click Browse to search for the file.
4. To specify the scan log options, click Options, and then click the option that you want.
5. Click Start.
6. If errors are found after the scan is complete, you will be prompted to start the repair process to fix the errors.

A backup file is created during the repair process. To change the default name or location of this backup file, in the Enter name of backup file box, enter a new name, or click Browse to look for the file that you want to use.

7. Click Repair.
8. Start Outlook by using the profile that contains the .pst file that you tried to repair.
9. On the Go menu, click Folder List.

In the Folder List, you may see a folder named Recovered Personal Folders that contains your default Outlook folders or a Lost and Found folder. The recovered folders are usually empty, because this is a rebuilt .pst file. The Lost and Found folder contains the folders and items recovered by the Inbox Repair tool. Items that are missing from the Lost and Found folder cannot be repaired.

10. If you see a Recovered Personal Folders folder, you can create a new .pst file, and drag the items in the Lost and Found folder into the new .pst file. When you have finished moving all the items, you can remove the Recovered Personal Folders (.pst) file, including the Lost and Found folder, from your profile.

Notes

• If you are able to open the original .pst file, you may be able to recover additional items from your damaged .pst file. By default, the Inbox Repair tool creates a file called file name.bak, which is a copy of the original .pst file with a different extension. The .bak file is located in the same folder as your original .pst file. You may be able to recover items from the .bak file that the Inbox Repair tool could not recover. Make a copy of the .bak file, and give the file a new name with a .pst extension, such as bak.pst. Import the bak.pst file, and then move any additional recovered items to the new .pst file that you created.
• A copy of the log file is written to the same location as the .pst file.

Blackberry Contact Reset

Sometimes the contacts on a Blackerry get corrupted or are not fully syncing.  Follow the steps below to reset

On the Blackberry go to Contacts
Press Blackberry Menu->Options
Type
    rset
Click Yes to confirm deletion
Click

Your Contacts will be wiped and a re-synched.

Android Apps

Below is a list of popular Android apps.  If you click on the name it will open up the app listing in the Android market in your browser.  You can use this list to help discover apps you don’t know about or as a reference for apps.

 

Google Apps
Gmail	Google Googles	Google Search	Google Voice Search
Google Earth	Google Maps	Google Sky Map	Street View on Google Maps
Google Finance	Google Reader	Google Voice	Google+
Security
Lookout Mobile Security	McAfee WaveSecure
Browser
Dolphin Browser HD	Firefox	Skyfire Web Browser
Communication
Touchdown	Skype	Yahoo Mail	Yahoo! Messenger Plug-in
Facebook for Android	Skype Verizon	Yahoo Messenger
Finance
Bloomberg	Yahoo Finance
News
AP Mobile	CNET News	FOX News	NYTimes app for phone
BBC News	CNN App for Android Phones	MSNBC.com
CBS News	Drudge Report	NPR News
Travel
AA	Kayak Flight and Hotel Search	Southwest Airlines	Tripit
Entertainment
E! Online	HBO Go	Sound Hound	YouTube
iheartradio	Pandora Radio	TMZ
Movies	Shazam	Winamp
Utility
AdFree	Bing	LauncherPro	WiFi Analyzer
Adobe Reader	Bing on VZW	GasBuddy	YouMail
Advanced Task Killer	Documents To Go	Spell Checker	Zillow Real Estate
Barcode Scanner	Flash Player	Stats
Carrier
myAT&T	My Verizon
Weather
The Weather Channel	Weather Widget- Free	WeatherBug
Sports
ESPN	ScoreMobile for Android	WatchESPN	Yahoo Live Scores
Amazon
Amazon Appstore	Amazon.com	Kindle	Amazon mp3