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IIS is sending email through an exchange server that is no longer on the network

Asked by: donvfp

I have made the server that is now on the network the Master, I cannot remove the old server from the exchange organization.  When the server receives a fax, it tries to send the notification through the old server.  So now they are stuck in the queue.

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2009-01-30 at 08:36:07ID24098908
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Answers

 

by: milindnPosted on 2009-01-30 at 09:05:00ID: 23510443

Those seem to be the public folder replication messages and not anything else. What went wrong with the old exchnage server did you decommision it or just shut it down? Either of the cases, check to see what is the recipient address for these message by simply looking into their properties. Do they grow in numbers every day or every hour?

 

by: MesthaPosted on 2009-01-30 at 09:43:31ID: 23510788

You have stated this: " cannot remove the old server from the exchange organization."
Why can you not remove it? As already quizzed, was this server removed correctly from the org?

-M

 

by: donvfpPosted on 2009-01-30 at 10:17:33ID: 23511157

This server had hard drive issues and became unusable.  We put this server on just in time and migrated AD and everyone's exchange mailboxes over.

 

by: MesthaPosted on 2009-01-30 at 10:19:49ID: 23511180

So it wasn't removed correctly?
Does it still exist?
If not then you are going to have to remove the server correctly because Exchange will still be expecting the server to be there.

Depending on the status of the existing hardware will depend on what I would suggest to you next.

-M

 

by: donvfpPosted on 2009-01-30 at 10:33:21ID: 23511334

sorry, the old hardware is unusable and it was not removed correctly.

 

by: MesthaPosted on 2009-01-30 at 10:43:15ID: 23511442

In that case it needs to be replaced.
Build a new machine, on Windows 2003 in a VM. Hardware doesn't matter.
Name it the same as the existing dead machine.
Before you join it to the domain, find the original machine account and right click on it and choose Reset Account. DO NOT DELETE THE MACHINE ACCOUNT.

Add the new machine to the domain and reboot.
Install the required components for the bits for Exchange, then install Exchange.
However you are not installing Exchange in the usual way, you are going to do a recovery installation. This will mean the new (VM) machine adopts the ID of the original machine.

You will need to run setup from the command prompt:

setup.exe /DisasterRecovery

Note the double R in the middle.

Exchange will now install.
When finished, reboot, whether it asks or not.

You can now remove the server gracefully, following the MS guide on the process:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822931

At the end, remove Exchange using add/remove programs, which will remove the new server correctly from the domain.

Takes about four hours from start to the end, but that involves a lot of waiting around for things to happen.

The alternative is to manually hack the server out of the domain using adsiedit.msc, where you could miss something, delete something you shouldn't do or just get frustrated because it is very tedious work.

-M

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