Domino Router Restrictions and Controls Explained, Problem/Technote (troubleshooting) The Restrictions and Controls section of the Server Configuration document is an important part of the Domino SMTP/mail server. This is where mail restrictions are configured to help prevent spam

Technote (troubleshooting) Problem Introduction The Restrictions and Controls section of the Server Configuration document is an important part of the Domino SMTP/mail server. This is where mail restrictions are configured to help prevent spam. Spam mail is also referred to as Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) or Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE) and can cause many problems for Domino Administrators. This section of the Configuration document can also be used to control users, servers, domains, and Notes organizations from sending or receiving mail. Purpose The purpose of this Technical Paper is to assist you in configuring the Restrictions and Control section of the Server Configuration document. In describing Restrictions, SMTP...

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How to restore contacts if deleted from Personal Address Book after synchronizing with mail file

Question In Lotus Notes® Client a customer has synchronized his contacts with Lotus® Domino® Web Access (iNotes™ Web Access) by opening the mail file in Notes and selecting Actions > Synchronize Address Book. This procedure copies the contacts from the Personal Address Book database into the mail file for use with Domino Web Access (DWA). The customer then inadvertently deletes the contacts from the Personal Address Book. In an attempt to retrieve the contacts from the mail file, the customer synchronizes again from the mail file in Notes, causing the removal of the contacts from the mail file as well. Is there any method of restoring the deleted contacts? Answer Once the contact documents are deleted from the Personal Address Book, any synchronization will...

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Configure Postfix to Send Mail Using an External SMTP Server

There are many reasons why you would want to configure Postfix to send email using an external SMTP provider such as Google Apps (Gmail), Mandrill, SendGrid, Amazon SES, or any other SMTP server. One reason is to avoid getting your mail flagged as spam if your current server’s IP has been added to a spam list. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and configure a Postfix server to send email through Google Apps, Mandrill, or SendGrid. Prerequisites Before starting this tutorial, you should have: Debian 7 installed on your Linode Your fully qualified domain name (FQDN) All updates installed : 1 sudo apt-get update A valid username and password for the SMTP mail provider, such as Google Apps, Mandrill,...

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Use Telnet to test SMTP communication on Exchange servers(Copy: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123686(v=exchg.160).aspx)

Exchange 2016 Other Versions   Applies to: Exchange Server 2016 Topic Last Modified: 2016-08-09 Learn how to use Telnet to test SMTP connectivity and mail flow on Exchange servers. You can use Telnet to test Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) communication between messaging servers. SMTP is the protocol that's used to send email messages from one messaging server to another. Using Telnet can be helpful if you're having trouble sending or receiving messages because you can manually send SMTP commands to a messaging server. In return, the server will reply with responses that would be returned in a typical connection. These results can...

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Reset Domain Administrator Password

The following method has been tested to work on both Server 2003 and Server 2008 Domain Controllers Download SRVANY and INSTSRV, which are part of the Windows 2003 Resource Kit Ensure you have the Directory Service Restore Mode Administrator password, restart the server in Directory Service Restore Mode, and log in as administrator If you do not have have the Administrator Password, you can attempt to get it through one of these methods Create the folder: C:\reset\ Copy srvany.exe, instsrv, and cmd.exe(Located in C:\system32) to the C:\reset\ Open a command prompt and enter the following commands CD “C:\reset” instsrv PassRecovery “C:\reset\srvany.exe” Run regedit.exe and navigate to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PassRecovery Create a subkey called: Parameters Create...

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Lotus Notes 8.5: How to reset forgotten user id password

Lotus Notes 8.5: How to reset forgotten user id password I am by no stretch of the imagination a Lotus Notes expert but I do have to support it on occasion as part of my system admin duties.  The other day one my users said he couldn’t log on to his Lotus Notes client.  Usually my first inclination is to assume the person forgot his password and to reset the user id password.  No big deal.  The thing is we had recently upgraded to Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.1 from 8.0 and when I went to look for the familiar options in Lotus Domino something had changed. I started reading the documentation and from what I gathered Lotus Notes 8.5 gives you two main methods to manage your user passwords.  The new method introduced...

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