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Exchange 2003 w/ Iphone setup

Pulling my hair out trying to get my Iphone to sync with my exchange 2003 sp2 (patched up to date) server. I initially had certificate issues, but think I fixed those with a godaddy cert. When I run https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com everything comes back successful now, the only warning I get is:

Validating certificate trust for Windows Mobile Devices
The test passed with some warnings encountered. Please expand additional details.
Additional Details
Certificate is only trusted on Windows Mobile 6.0 and later. Windows Mobile 5.0 and 5.0 + MSFP devices will not be able to sync. Root = OU=Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority, O="The Go Daddy Group, Inc.", C=US

I wouldn't think this would be a show stopper.

When I run accessmylan activesync tester on the iphone the results show:

checking connection... OK
Checking Certificate... OK
Checking Application... FAIL

Activesync is NOT available.
(ActiveSync is NOT available on this server.)

I can get to mail.domain.com/exchange-oma fine using my Iphone browser..

Is there a firewall port I need to open? What else can I look at? I tried setting up the mail account on the phone regardless of the accessmylan results, but it comes back Exchange Account Verification Failed.

Help Please!!

Alan Hardisty

Please have a read through my Exchange 2003 / Activesync article and check your permissions under IIS and then if you get stuck, shout:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/Exchange-2003-Activesync-Connection-Problems-FAQ.html

Mike Miazga

ASKER

Got to ASP.NET Version.. it's set to 2.0.50727 and is greyed out. How do I change it to 1.1?

Alan Hardisty

Leave that for now - keep going and if ASP is the problem, we can address that later. I have seen some that work happily with ASP.NET 2, but a lot that don't !

Mike Miazga

ASKER

Arrgg! I changed it on the default website folder and applied it to all the child nodes and now OWA is fubar.. it gives me a listing of all the mailboxes in text mode.. uh ohh.. any idea how to get this fixed?

mail.domainname.com - /exchange/

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[To Parent Directory] 4/7/2010 10:24 AM
<dir> Alerts 4/7/2010 10:24 AM
<dir> billb 4/7/2010 10:24 AM
<dir> BKahn 4/7/2010 10:24 AM
<dir> bobh 4/7/2010 10:24 AM

Mike Miazga

ASKER

I did this on the default website, and also changed it to the 1.1 version, I've now changed it back to it's original settings in both places but it's still giving me the directory listing as described above. When I try to go into my mailbox I have to authenticate again and then it lists everything in text.

To view the script map for an ASP.NET application
1.
Open IIS Manager, expand the local computer by clicking the plus sign, and navigate to the folder that contains the ASP.NET application.

2.
Right-click the folder and click Properties. The application's Properties dialog box appears.

3.
On the Directory tab, click the Configuration button. The Application Configuration dialog box appears.

4.
On the Mappings tab, select an ASP.NET application extension, such as .asmx or .aspx.

The Executable Path column of the dialog box will list the path to the ASP.NET ISAPI version used by the application. By default, the ASP.NET ISAPI is installed in the following location:

systemroot\Microsoft.NET\Framework\versionNumber

The version number shown in the path indicates the version number of the ASP.NET ISAPI used by the application. The ASP.NET ISAPI version determines which version of the runtime is used by the application.

Results:

mail.domainname.com - /exchange/mymailbox/

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[To Parent Directory] 8/17/2008 7:28 PM
<dir> Calendar 1/22/2009 10:26 AM
<dir> Contacts 1/11/2007 11:19 AM
<dir> Deleted Items 3/15/2007 6:41 PM
<dir> Drafts 4/1/2010 7:59 AM
<dir> Inbox 5/2/2008 10:39 PM
<dir> Journal 1/11/2007 11:19 AM
<dir> Junk E-mail 1/11/2007 11:19 AM
<dir> Newsletter 1/11/2007 11:19 AM
<dir> Notes 2/4/2010 9:18 AM
<dir> Outbox 1/11/2007 11:22 AM
<dir> RSS Feeds11/16/2009 8:45 AM
<dir> Sent Items 6/17/2009 3:11 PM
<dir> Spam 2/8/2008 9:51 AM
<dir> Sync Issues 1/11/2007 11:19 AM
<dir> Tasks 10/7/2009 7:12 PM
<dir> ZoneAlarm Challenged Mail 10/7/2009 7:12 PM
<dir> ZoneAlarm Junk Mail

Alan Hardisty

Have a read of the following and see if you can restore the IIS Metabase from a previous backup:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d40b56ee-90d4-45e1-9b82-4aaea90eb02e.mspx?mfr=true

Mike Miazga

ASKER

I restored to the original version since it looked like the automatic backups all happened after the changes. That wiped out all of the directories.. so I restored the backup that I took right before that restore and now I'm back to where I was.

Mike Miazga

ASKER

Time for a $259 support call to Microsoft I think...

Alan Hardisty

Can you restore from tape / overnight backup?

Mike Miazga

ASKER

I have a backup, but I'm not sure how to restore just the iis metabase.. it backed up the system state, information store etc.. veritas backup exec 9. (I know old version). Everything seems to be working with Exchange, just OWA is screwed up.

Alan Hardisty

You need to restore the MetaBase.xml file in %Systemroot%\System32\inetsrv only
Stop IIS Admin:
net stop iisadmin /y
Rename MetaBase.xml to Metabase.old
Restore MetaBase.xml from tape to the %Systemroot%\System32\inetsrv folder and restart IIS Admin service.

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Alan Hardisty

I've never had to update massync.dll (yet) to get Activesync to work, but there are other EE Expert's who offer that as a solution. Not knocking it - but either way, you are fixed and glad all is well. Sorry you had to call MS and pay.
Alan

Steve Anderson

H2OMike thanks for the update I've been looking everywhere for this, the MS website is no longer. cheers