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Received a “your mailbox is almost full” message sent by Exchange 2007. Please reduce your mailbox size. Delete any items you don’t need from your mailbox and empty your Deleted Items folder.

Mailbox quota was already set via Exchange Management Console, but had no effect on warnings issued. Also, mailbox was almost 3GB at the time and not the stated 1948MB out of 2048MB from the warning.

Fix was applied to Exchange 2007 via the Exchange Management Shell.

[PS] C:\Windows\System32>set-mailbox “brenda” -ProhibitSendReceiveQuota 5948MB
[PS] C:\Windows\System32>set-mailbox “brenda” -ProhibitSendQuota 5948MB
[PS] C:\Windows\System32>set-mailbox “brenda” -IssueWarningQuota 5148MB
[PS] C:\Windows\System32>set-mailbox “brenda” -ProhibitSendReceive “UNLIMITED”
[PS] C:\Windows\System32>get-mailbox “brenda”|format-list

The server cannot open ports on the router. Ensure that ports 80, 443, 987 are opened and pointed the IP address on the server. If you are using e-mail open port 25, and if you are using VPN, open port 1723.

The great thing about UltrVNC is that it lets me set up a d/l executable that is executed by the end user and therefore, bypasses any firewall port forwarding settings on the client end.  THe server end needs PORT 5900 forwarded to the machine running “Ultra VNC Viewer (Listen Mode)”.

The full Download for UVNC is here: http://www.uvnc.com/download/index.html

And the app that makes all of my remote support magic happen is Ultra VNC Single Click: http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html

The office hardwood is in and after procrastinating for a long time, the server is back up and running! Welcome back to nickshertzer.com

I recently had to pay for incident support to get my BES 4.1.6 SP7 back up and running and talking to my company’s 8 or 9 blackberry handhelds. Here are the steps I took:
1. Determine service account error by checking BES Log file

• c:\Program Files\Research in Motion\Logs\SERVERNAME_MAGT_01_DATE_0001.txt
• Saw error 5302

2. Export RIM registry key

• regedit
• HKCU\Software\Research in Motion\  Export key

3. Create new Blackberry Admin user account in AD “BESAdmin”

4. AD > DOMAIN.local properties > Security tab

• Add new user account “BESAdmin”
• set “Send As” permission
• verify inheritance to bbery user accounts
• force if neccessary (advanced security settings for individual user accounts > Allow inheritable permissions CHECKED)

5. Exchange System Manager set Delegate Control

• right click top level and Delegate Control
• Add new user account “BESAdmin” as “Exchange View Only Administrator”
• First Administrative Group > Right Click Properties > Security Tab > Change BESAdmin to add “Administer Information Store” , “Receive As” , & “Send As”

6. Local Security Settings (of blackberry server)

• Local Policies > User Rights Assignments
• add BESAdmin account to “Allow Log on Locally” and “Log on as a service”

7. Set new BESAdmin account as local administrator to BES server

• Computer Management > Users and Groups > Administrator Group
• Add domain\BESAdmin

8. Log on as new account BESAdmin

9. Services.msc > Change “Log on As” to new BESAdmin for all Blackberry services (minus BB Attachment service - that stays as “Local System”)

10. Import HKCU RIM key exported in Step 2

11. Recreate MAPI profile (may need bbery services started to do this…)

• open “Blackberry Service Configuration”
• Server tab > Edit Mapi
• Enter information of Exchange Server, and new BESAdmin account
• Apply > OK > OK
• open “Blackberry Manager” and create MAPI profile again using same settings

12. Start BB services or restart server.  Verify handheld communication with server.

Well, I have struggled with the ebony theme, but finally figured most of the quirks out. For some reason, the slideshow doesn’t work with only this theme, so I just disabled it. I really, really, really like the look with the reflections, so I’ll live. Slideshow didn’t work in the Gallery2Beta I had installed before anyway. Then I had to figure out Dynamic albums with URL_Rewrite and figure out how to edit my server apache config files. I should have kept better notes. Most Viewed and New additions links in Gallery2 work now (in the sidebar) as does download cart in ZIP (very cool). XP Web Publishing Wizard isn’t working (very cryptic error…) but I managed to mount the db with webDav, so who cares?! Something about how many ways there are to skin a cat… Oh, and I think I got the RSS Feed to work.