Re: How to remove public folder for Distribution List

Hi Ted,

Thank you for your update.

As you mentioned, you received an SSL error when you try to access the
mail-disabled public folder's Properties, to narrow down this issue, please
kindly refer to the following information:

I. What's the exact error message? Please make a screen shot of the error
message and attach it in your reply.

II. If you have assigned the certificate to IIS manually. Actually in SBS
2003, we should run CEICW to generate a certificate to associate with IIS.
I have seen many similar problems on SBS 2003 when you use a third party or
self-generated certificate. So no matter if you did run CEICW to generate
the certificate, I would suggest we rerun CEICW by following the steps
below and check if the issue does not recur:

1. Open IIS Manager (inetmgr.exe) and navigate to Web Sites\Default Web
Site (if you have performed step #1 - 8, please proceed to step 9 directly).

3. Right click Default Web Site and choose Properties.

4. Click on the Directory Security tab.

5. Under Secure Communications, click the Server Certificate button.

6. In the IIS Certificate Wizard, choose the "Remove the current
certificate" option and click Next.

7. Click Next again, then click Finish.

8. Restart the IIS admin service.

9. On the SBS 2003 Server open the Server Management console. Go to
Standard Management\To Do List.

10. Click the "Connect to the Internet" link.

11. Choose not to change the connection type and click Next. On the
Firewall page, select "Enable firewall" and click Next (I suppose you have
2 network adapters in SBS 2003 and if you only have 1 network adapter you
will not see the firewall page and you can go to step 6).

12. On the "Services Configuration" page, select all the items and then
click Next.

13. On the "Web Services Configuration" page, select the web sites that you
want to publish to the Internet. Click Next.

14. On the "Web Server Certificate" page, choose to create a new Web server
certificate and then type the public FQDN that you will use to access your
server (for example, www.domain.com). If the www.domain.com certificate was
requested from a third party commercial CA, you can choose "Use a Web
server certificate from a trusted authority" and then import the
certificate.

15. Go through the remaining steps. Then check if the issue disappears.

If the issue still occurs, please perform the steps below:

1. Open the IIS manager and expand "Web Sites" to the "Default Web Site".

2. Right click on the "Exadmin" virtual directory and select "Properties".

3. Click on the "Directory Security" tab and under "Secure communications"
click the "Edit" button.

4. Uncheck the boxes for "Require 128-bit encryption" and "Require secure
channel (SSL)".

5. Click "OK" twice.

6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for "Exchange", "ExchWeb" and "Public" virtual
directories.

7 Right click on "Default Web Site" and select "Properties".

8. Click on the "Directory Security" tab and under "Secure communications"
click the "Server Certificate" button.

9. In the "Web Server Certificate Wizard", click "Next" , click the radio
button for "Remove the current certificate" and click "Next" twice and
"Finish" to remove the certificate.

10. Restart the IIS Admin service in the services mmc.

11 Right click on "Default Web Site" and select "Properties".

12. Click on the "Directory Security" tab and under "Secure
communications" click the "Server Certificate" button.

13. In the "Web Server Certificate Wizard", click "Next" , click the radio
button for "Assign an existing certificate" and click "Next".

14. Select the correct certificate in the list and click "Next". If your
SBS server has 2 NICs, you should find two certificates and you should
choose the "publishing.yourdomain.local" one. If you only have 1 NIC on
your server, choose the only certificate which should be www.domain.com.
Verify the correct SSL port and click "Next". twice and click "Finish".

15. Repeat steps 2 though 5 to enable "Require secure channel (SSL) and
"Require 128-bit encryption" for all but the "Exadmin" virtual directories.

16. Close the IIS Manager and restart the IIS Admin service in the services
mmc.

17. Verify all components operate as expected.

Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any further concerns.

Best regards,

Nathan Liu (MSFT)
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>Thanks guys. Only problem I have with mail-disabling the folder - I can
not
>get to the properties of the folder. I get an SSL error?
>
>Exchange is in Native Mode already.
>
>For now, I just deleted the folder, as they do not want to keep it at all.

>I'll have to look in to the issues with why I can access properties of any
>folder.
>
>""Nathan Liu [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
>> Hello Ted,
>>
>> Thank you for posting in the SBS newsgroup.
>>
>> Also, many thanks for Cris's great input.
>>
>> According to your description, I understand that you would like to
prevent
>> email which sent to a distribution group be archived in a Public Folder.
If
>> I have misunderstood the problem, please don't hesitate to let me know.
>>
>> We perform the following steps to disable mail be sent to the specific
>> public folder, to do so:
>>
>> 1. Open the Server Management console on the SBS Server, go to Advanced
>> Management, right-click DomainName (Exchange) and select Properties,
click
>> General tab, configure this Server Operation mode to Native Mode (no
>> pre-Exchange 2000 servers).
>>
>> 2. Go to Administrative Groups -> Folders -> Public Folders,
right-click
>> the specific Public folder and select All Tasks -> Mail Disable.
>>
>> Alternatively, you can just delete the specific public folder to achieve
>> this goal.
>>
>> More information:
>>
>> 273263 XADM: Cannot Mail-Disable a Public Folder in Mixed Mode
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=273263
>>
>> I appreciate your time and cooperation. If anything is unclear, please
feel
>> free to let me know. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nathan Liu (MSFT)
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>>
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>> ======================================================
>> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
>> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding
>> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
manner.
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>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
>>
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>> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there
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>> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
>> issue.
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>> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
>> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
>> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
doing
>> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>>
>> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
Please
>> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>>
>> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
>> ======================================================
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>> >How do I tell which email address is tied to the public folder? I can
not
>> >see properites of the public folder from the server, and I don't see
any
>> info
>> >on an email address from Outlook.
>> >
>> >"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> is the email address tied to the public folder in the distribution
list?
>> if
>> >> so, just remove the public folders email addy from the distribution
list
>> >>
>> >> Doing as you suggest will result in lots of NDRs
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
>> >> -----------------------------------------------
>> >> Please do not contact me directly. Please only repond here in the
>> newsgroup
>> >> for the benefit of all.
>> >> "Ted" <Ted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:6BEE3F9C-2EB8-4F0D-AF76-5D8CA760ABCC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >I have a client that does not want every email sent to a
distribution
>> list
>> >> >to
>> >> > be archived in a public folder. Can I just delete the public
folder,
>> or
>> >> > are
>> >> > there other steps?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks!
>> >> >
>> >> > Ted
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>

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