Dave_h194
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FE mail routing to public folders on BE
Hi folks,
I can't seem to send emails to my mail enabled public folders from external addresses. I can however send emails to them from my outlook client which is connected to the BE server. When it's sent from an external source it sits in the queue of the FE server in the "local Delivery" section.
I have the following setup.
Exchange 2003 SP2 FE
Firewall (all ports configured correctly)
Exchange 2003 SP2 BE
Recently I ran an eseutil /d on both the mailbox and the public folder stores.
I have checked both the databases with the eseutil /mh command, both are fine.
I have also checked the public folder store with the isinteg -test alltests command
I have stopped and restarted all services
I have restarted both servers
I have restored the public folder store from a backup taken before the eseutil /d command was done, it failed to mount and had a "dirty shutdown" state, I ran the eseutil /p command on it and the store then mounted, it also has a clean state when eseutil /mh was ran.
After all this, emails sent from my dave@yahoo.co.uk account to an address of a mail enabled public folder still fails.
any thoughts?
Dave
I can't seem to send emails to my mail enabled public folders from external addresses. I can however send emails to them from my outlook client which is connected to the BE server. When it's sent from an external source it sits in the queue of the FE server in the "local Delivery" section.
I have the following setup.
Exchange 2003 SP2 FE
Firewall (all ports configured correctly)
Exchange 2003 SP2 BE
Recently I ran an eseutil /d on both the mailbox and the public folder stores.
I have checked both the databases with the eseutil /mh command, both are fine.
I have also checked the public folder store with the isinteg -test alltests command
I have stopped and restarted all services
I have restarted both servers
I have restored the public folder store from a backup taken before the eseutil /d command was done, it failed to mount and had a "dirty shutdown" state, I ran the eseutil /p command on it and the store then mounted, it also has a clean state when eseutil /mh was ran.
After all this, emails sent from my dave@yahoo.co.uk account to an address of a mail enabled public folder still fails.
any thoughts?
Dave
ASKER
Hi Mikee,
looks like the permissions are fine. Cheers anyway, worth a shot.
On another thought, why are these emails in the "Local Delivery" queue. Surely like all my other emails they should be in the "BEServername" queue?
Dave
looks like the permissions are fine. Cheers anyway, worth a shot.
On another thought, why are these emails in the "Local Delivery" queue. Surely like all my other emails they should be in the "BEServername" queue?
Dave
Do you have Public Folder store mounted on your front end server? Its not supported
Dismount and delete the public folder store from your front-end server and then, restart your IS service. Things should start working.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
Dismount and delete the public folder store from your front-end server and then, restart your IS service. Things should start working.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
ASKER
Hi aa,
here's what I've done...
Dismounted the public folder Store.
Then right clicked the dismounted store and select "delete"
it gives me an error "the public folderstore is offline, blah blah, can't determine if it can be removed safely etc.etc., bring the public folder online"
so I remount it
Then right clicked the store and select "delete"
it tells me that "you cannot delete this public folder store as it contains replicas, move replicas etc. etc."
I right click the public folder store and select "move all replicas"
it gives me an option of selecting my only other exchange server, my BE.
Then it gives me an error "the token supplied to the function is invalid"
Dave
here's what I've done...
Dismounted the public folder Store.
Then right clicked the dismounted store and select "delete"
it gives me an error "the public folderstore is offline, blah blah, can't determine if it can be removed safely etc.etc., bring the public folder online"
so I remount it
Then right clicked the store and select "delete"
it tells me that "you cannot delete this public folder store as it contains replicas, move replicas etc. etc."
I right click the public folder store and select "move all replicas"
it gives me an option of selecting my only other exchange server, my BE.
Then it gives me an error "the token supplied to the function is invalid"
Dave
ASKER
I don't know if the "the token supplied to the function is invalid" error is related to the SSL certificate I have installed on the FE for HTTPS OWA. The certificate is from easySSL, it's different from the name of the server. IE the SSL is for email.domain.com, the servername is server-a.domain.com.
Stop the information store service on the Front-end server and then try to delete the public folder store.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
You dont have any mailboxes on the front-end server, so all data in the public folder store would have been replicated from your back-end server and you have the copy of the data in your backend server. You need not to worry about any data in the PF store on your front-end server.
You can safely delete this and then, restart IS service once on both front-end and back-end server.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
You can safely delete this and then, restart IS service once on both front-end and back-end server.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
ASKER
OK so now I've done this...
Stopped the IS service
Then right clicked the store and select "delete"
it gives me an error "the public folderstore is offline, blah blah, can't determine if it can be removed safely etc.etc., bring the public folder online"
I can't mount it as the IS store has been stopped.
Stopped the IS service
Then right clicked the store and select "delete"
it gives me an error "the public folderstore is offline, blah blah, can't determine if it can be removed safely etc.etc., bring the public folder online"
I can't mount it as the IS store has been stopped.
It cant determine if it can be removed safely.. But it should give you an option to continue at your own risk.
and option if.. you still wanna continue and delete the store. You can select "yes" safely there.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
and option if.. you still wanna continue and delete the store. You can select "yes" safely there.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
if still it doesnt work. another trick.
Dismount the PF store on FE, rename the pub1.edb and pub1.stm file from your windows explorer. This will also help you as you have taken the backup of public folder store from FE.
Now, mount the store, it will create new black pub1.edb and pub1.stm. and now, try to delete the store in the mounted state.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
Dismount the PF store on FE, rename the pub1.edb and pub1.stm file from your windows explorer. This will also help you as you have taken the backup of public folder store from FE.
Now, mount the store, it will create new black pub1.edb and pub1.stm. and now, try to delete the store in the mounted state.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
ASKER
I've already deleted the pub store from explorer, then mounted the store again which re-created the store. It still wouldn't allow me to delete it.
When I try to delete the pub store when it's dismounted I get no option to continue. I only get an "OK" button. If I hit the OK button the message dissapears but nothing happens. It's like I've got to do what it says before it will delete.
Dave
When I try to delete the pub store when it's dismounted I get no option to continue. I only get an "OK" button. If I hit the OK button the message dissapears but nothing happens. It's like I've got to do what it says before it will delete.
Dave
hmm.. try this ->
Go to your backend server and then from there remove the replica for your front-end server. and then wait for sometime to replicate this information between servers or do the force replication using Send Hierarchy from your backend server to your front-end server.
Once all the replicas are removed, you should be able to delete the PF store.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
Go to your backend server and then from there remove the replica for your front-end server. and then wait for sometime to replicate this information between servers or do the force replication using Send Hierarchy from your backend server to your front-end server.
Once all the replicas are removed, you should be able to delete the PF store.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
ASKER
Sorry to be dumb, but how do I remove the replica for my FE server?
Highlight the root public folder on your backend server and go to properties - replication tab,
and then remove the Public folder store on the Front-end server from the replica list.
Now, right click on the folder again - All tasks -> Propagate settings ->
Now, you can propagate this replica settings to all sub-folders also.
This will remove the FE pf store from replica list on all subfolders. You will have to do the same on all top level public folders on your BE server.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
and then remove the Public folder store on the Front-end server from the replica list.
Now, right click on the folder again - All tasks -> Propagate settings ->
Now, you can propagate this replica settings to all sub-folders also.
This will remove the FE pf store from replica list on all subfolders. You will have to do the same on all top level public folders on your BE server.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
ASKER
ok, so I've right clicked on...
"Administrative Groups | First Administrative Group | Servers | BEServer | First Storage group | Public Folder Store (BEServer)" and selected properties, now when I go into the "replication" tab the only thing I can adjust is the replication interval.
So I'm thinking this isn't the place you want me to go so I have then went...
"Administrative Groups | First Administrative Group | Folders | Public Folders" then right clicked and went into porperties. There is no replication tab.
am I looking at the wrong places?
"Administrative Groups | First Administrative Group | Servers | BEServer | First Storage group | Public Folder Store (BEServer)" and selected properties, now when I go into the "replication" tab the only thing I can adjust is the replication interval.
So I'm thinking this isn't the place you want me to go so I have then went...
"Administrative Groups | First Administrative Group | Folders | Public Folders" then right clicked and went into porperties. There is no replication tab.
am I looking at the wrong places?
You need to select the 2nd path, and then expand "public folders" and select any of the top level public folder in your hierarchy.. How many top level public folders you see there under "Public Folders" object here.
You will have to repeat the steps on all these top level public folders.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
You will have to repeat the steps on all these top level public folders.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
ASKER
ok now I went into all the root public folders and not one of them contains the FEServer in the replication tab. So obviously I can't remove it.
How many BE servers you have in your organization?
Even if you dont see your FEserver in the replication tab on the root, it might be there somewhere on the sub-folders.
I would suggest you to still propagate the settings from top to bottom.. so that even if we have FEserver listed somewhere it will be removed.
But, it will propagate the settings from top to bottom everywhere.. and in case, u have more than 1 server, things can be messed up. But if you have just 1 BE server. its safe.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
Even if you dont see your FEserver in the replication tab on the root, it might be there somewhere on the sub-folders.
I would suggest you to still propagate the settings from top to bottom.. so that even if we have FEserver listed somewhere it will be removed.
But, it will propagate the settings from top to bottom everywhere.. and in case, u have more than 1 server, things can be messed up. But if you have just 1 BE server. its safe.
Thanks,
Amit Aggarwal.
ASKER
There's only 1. How do I propogate the settings from the root folders to the sub folders?
ASKER
ok I've got it but this raises another question.
I right click the public folder, select "all Tasks | resend Changes", it then gives me an error "you may not send changes, either there are not enough replicas or you don't have enough permissions to the public folder stores"
I'm logged on as the administrator for the domain.
Dave
I right click the public folder, select "all Tasks | resend Changes", it then gives me an error "you may not send changes, either there are not enough replicas or you don't have enough permissions to the public folder stores"
I'm logged on as the administrator for the domain.
Dave
ASKER
ok I found another way, use the "all tasks | Manage settings"
ASKER
so I've now removed the FEServer from all folders. I have then tried to delete the PF from the FE and still no joy. All I receive are the same errors as before. I've even deleted it from explorer etc.
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Hi Amit,
that last solution worked a treat. I can now receive emails to my public folders from external accounts.
Thanks very much for your time and help. I've also bumped up the points to show you my appreciation.
Dave
that last solution worked a treat. I can now receive emails to my public folders from external accounts.
Thanks very much for your time and help. I've also bumped up the points to show you my appreciation.
Dave
Worth checking the permissions though :)