Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 2 & SP2 RU5

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Michel de Rooij

Today the Exchange Team released Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2407025 ). This update raises Exchange 2007 version number to 8.3.137.3.

Here’s the impressive list of changes included in this rollup:

972186 Some functions do not work if you install Security Configuration Wizard on a Windows Server 2008 SP2-based Exchange Server 2007
979046 Attachments are empty when you save them by using OWA after you have applied the update of KB 958881 on an Exchange Server 2007
980038 The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service crashes intermittently in the Oabgen.dll module on an Exchange Server 2007 server
981602 Event ID: 4999 is frequently generated in a mixed Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2003 environment
982476 The Imap4.exe process crashes intermittently on an Exchange Server 2007 server
982478 Notes URL links in a plain text message are not clickable when you open this message by using OWA in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
2028675 The MSExchangeFDS.exe process occupies lots of memory if there are thousands of OABs created on an Exchange Server 2007 server
2029086 Some characters of an email message are displayed in an incorrect text size when you access your mailbox by using OWA in Exchange Server 2007
2032216 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes on an Exchange Server 2007 server when you start it or try to mount certain databases
2121536 Exchange Server 2007 cannot index a message
2201236 The “All Day” field is marked with “No” when you access a meeting request that has a duration time that is more than 24 hours by using a mobile client through ActiveSync in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
2203212 Certain mailboxes cannot be moved from an Exchange Server 2007 server to an Exchange Server 2010 server
2210042 A sub contact folder is still visible after you set the “PR_ATTR_HIDDEN” attribute to “True” in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
2230824 The Microsoft.Exchange.POP3.exe process or the Microsoft.Exchange.Imap4.exe process may crash after you enable protocol logging for POP3 or IMAP4 on an Exchange Server 2007 server
2249814 You receive misleading information when you run the “New-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1” script on an Exchange Server 2007 server
2263342 “The operation failed” error message in Outlook client when a user sends a recurring meeting request with an email message attachment in an Exchange Server 2007 SP2 environment
2276439 The Microsoft.Exchange.IMAP4.exe process crashes when an IMAP4 client retrieves a meeting request that includes exception attachments in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
2280234 “Your POP3 server has not responded in 60 seconds.” error message when a POP3 client connects to an Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server to access an Exchange Server 2003 mailbox
2282570 “550 5.1.3” NDR message when an Exchange Server 2007 user sends an email message to a recipient
2265306 The Exchange Information Store service stops responding when you perform a search operation on an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox in Outlook
2282746 The “Private” sensitivity status of an occurrence of a recurring meeting request is lost when you edit the occurrence in OWA in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
2286782 The response details are still included in the response email message when you set the “EnableResponseDetails” property to “False” in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
2290105 A shared document cannot be open by using OWA after you install Exchange Server 2007 SP3 on an Exchange Server 2007 server
2290159 The POP3 service crashes on an Exchange Server 2007 server
2344372 You cannot move mailboxes to an Exchange Server 2007 server
2362371 You receive a “Success” response when using the Test-Mailflow command on an invalid or nonexistent external email address in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
2384754 “Unable to identify local server row in Replication state table for this FID” error message when you run the Information Store Integrity Checker tool on an Exchange Server 2007 server
2387915 The ESEBack component does not support ETL tracing on an Exchange Server 2007 server
2388057 The Exchange Transport service crashes on Exchange Server 2007 servers in a mixed Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 environment
2394731 An HTML attachment of a shared mailbox cannot be saved when you set the “BypassOwaHTMLAttachmentFiltering” setting to “True” in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
2424499 Exchange Server 2007 does not support to assign a mailbox with the “Send on behalf” permission of a security group in the EMC or in the EMS
2427297 The created time and the modified time of an attachment are incorrect when you save an email message on an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox
2430674 The “Leave message intact” method in a Folder Assistant rule does not work when you post an item by using OWA in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

In addition, the team also released Exchange 2007 SP2 Rollup 5 (KB2407132), which is a security fix only. The Exchange 2010 RTM RU5 update raises Exchange 2010 version number to 8.2.305.3.

When running ForeFront Protection for Exchange, make sure you disable ForeFront before installing the rollup and re-enabling it afterwards, otherwise the Information Store and Transport services may not start. You can disable ForeFront using fscutility /disable and enable it by using fscutility /enable afterwards.

For those still unaware, update rollups are cumulative, i.e. they contain fixes released in earlier update rollups for the same product level (RTM, SPx). This means you don’t need to install previous update rollups during a fresh installation but can start with the latest rollup published right away.

You can download Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 2 here; Exchange 2007 SP2 Rollup 5 can be downloaded here.

Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Rollup 2

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Michel de Rooij

Microsoft released Hotfix Rollup 2 for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (KB2420647).

Here’s the list of fixes included in this rollup:

Out of memory state occurs when running a manual scan in Forefront Protection for Exchange
The link provided by Forefront Protection for Exchange to request removal from the SpamHaus block list wrong
Forefront Protection for Exchange does not display data in multiple console fields and mail cannot be sent externally
When starting a Windows Server 2008 R2 server running Exchange and Forefront Protection for Exchange, startup times are exceptionally long
Forefront Protection for Exchange falsely detects legitimate attachments as Corrupted Compressed files
File filtering does not occur in Forefront Protection for Exchange
A Forefront Protection for Exchange antivirus engine fails to load and mail is deleted
Forefront Protection for Exchange quarantines a blank message when taking action on a subject line filter
When installing FPE on Data Availability Group cluster (DAG), Domain Administrator privileges are required
Messages cannot be scanned because the FSCController service in Forefront Protection for Exchange is stuck in a continuous loop
“The Expiration Date is not valid” is returned when you try to enter a new expiration date in Forefront Protection for Exchange
The Forefront Protection for Exchange Administrator console hangs for several minutes when you navigate to the Filter Lists section
Cannot uninstall Forefront Protection for Exchange on a non-clustered server
Transport Scan process is not safely aborted after an out-of-memory condition occurs
The FSCTransportScanner.exe process in Forefront Protection for Exchange may stop responding, and this generates a Dr. Watson crash that references Bucket ID 1211603866
Filter Lists display an incorrect scan action in the Forefront Protection for Exchange Administrator console
FSCController.exe is reloaded many times whenever the Start-SignatureUpdate cmdlet is run on a cluster running Forefront Protection for Exchange
Submission queues in Exchange 2007 or 2010 fill when making a configuration change in the Forefront through the administrator or through Power Shell

For more details on the fixes consult the related knowledge base article (KB2420647). You can download the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Hotfix Rollup 2 here.

Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 1

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Michel de Rooij

Today the Exchange Team released Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2407082). This update raises Exchange 2010 version number to 14.1.255.2.

Here’s the list of changes included in this rollup:

2028967 Event ID 3022 is logged and you still cannot replicate a public folder from one Exchange Server 2010 server to another
2251610 The email address of a user is updated unexpectedly after you run the Update-Recipient cmdlet on an Exchange Server 2010 server
978292 An IMAP4 client cannot send an email message that has a large attachment in a mixed Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2003 environment
982004 Exchange Server 2010 users cannot access the public folder
983549 Exchange Server 2010 removes the sender’s email address from the recipient list in a redirected email message
983492 You cannot view updated content of an Exchange Server 2010 public folder

When running ForeFront Protection for Exchange, make sure you disable ForeFront before installing the rollup and re-enable it afterwards, otherwise the Information Store and Transport services may not start. You can disable ForeFront using fscutility /disable and enable it by using fscutility /enable

You can download Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 1 here.

Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 1

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Michel de Rooij

Back from a 2 week holiday, so I have some catching up to do.

First up is the release of Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2279665). This update raises Exchange 2007 version number to 8.3.106.2.

Here’s the list of changes included in this rollup (KB2279665):

2188615 Event ID: 4999 is logged when the EdgeTransport.exe process crashes intermittently on an Exchange Server 2007 server
2203381 “554 5.6.0 STOREDRV.Deliver; Corrupt message content” NDR is generated when you send an email message to an Exchange Server 2007 user
2251714 The connecting information is not logged when a user accesses a mailbox that is hosted on an Exchange Server 2007 server by using POP3 or by using IMAP4
958305 An incorrect user is displayed as the caller in a mail message in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
973040 The Bcc information is lost when the Exchange Server 2003 journalized messages are sent to an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox
973637 Exchange Server 2007 creates incorrect Lotus Notes proxy email addresses
975424 The “legacyExchangeDN” value is shown in the “From” field of an email message instead of the Simple Display Name in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
975993 “The message could not be opened” error message when an Exchange Server 2007 user tries to open or accept a meeting request
976100 Shared calendar items are shown incorrectly in the server time zone instead of the time zone of an Exchange Server 2007 user who is accessing the shared calendar
977189 The meeting time of a meeting forward notification is incorrect on an Exchange Server 2007 server
978144 A warning message is received when you run the Test-ReplicationHealth cmdlet on an Exchange Server 2007 server
978468 You receive an error message and Event ID: 1008 is logged when you move an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox
979038 A memory leak occurs in the Microsoft.Exchange.Monitoring.exe process when you run the Test-OwaConnectivity cmdlet or the Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity cmdlet in Exchange Management Shell on an Exchange Server 2007 server
979194 Excluding domain names from the Sender ID filter does not take effect after you run the Set-SenderIDConfig cmdlet on an Exchange Server 2007 server
979338 Fax communication sessions are dropped by an Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging server
979519 The PR_REPORT_TEXT property represents an incorrect read notification in Exchange Server 2007
979803 Internet Explorer unexpectedly focuses on an Exchange Server 2007 user’s OWA inbox or on an OWA calendar that is added as a web part on a SharePoint Server-based website
980205 Public folder replication is blocked unexpected in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
980301 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service stops responding during a Volume Shadow Copy Service backup on an Exchange Server 2007 server
980404 A multibyte character is converted into a “0xFFFD” character or into unrecognized characters when you use Exchange Web Services in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
980725 You experience issues when you move messages from one mailbox folder to another mailbox folder in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
980914 A user does not receive any new email messages by using a third-party POP3 client in a mixed Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2003 environment
980953 A second dot is added to the file names of the automatic generated attachments on an Exchange Server 2007 SP2 or later version server
981794 The Get-AgentLog cmdlet operation stops and you receive an error message Exchange Server 2007
982055 The store.exe process crashes occasionally on an active node when you move the Exchange Virtual Server from an active node to a passive node in an Exchange Server 2007 cluster environment
982099 Unexpected issues occur after you run the Set-mailbox cmdlet on an Exchange Server 2007 server to convert a shared mailbox into a regular mailbox
982118 The VSS backup operation fails occasionally and Event ID: 2034 is generated on an Exchange Server 2007 server
982213 The display name or the address of a user is displayed in garbage characters when you reply to an email message in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
982475 The inline image of an email message that is sent by using OWA with S/MIME enabled is lost for an Exchange Server 2007 user
982542 Attachments of certain email messages disappear at the client-side when you use an ExOLEDB-based application to change email messages in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
982722 It takes a long time to copy or move items from one public folder to another public folder by using Outlook in an Exchange Server 2007 environment
982928 The Msftesql.exe process continues using memory on an Exchange Server 2007 server
983296 Exchange ActiveSync crashes on an Exchange Server 2007 server causing the client synchronization to be unavailable
983447 A NDR is not generated when an email message is not delivered after you set the value for “Maximum number of recipients” of “Transport Settings” to “0” on an Exchange Server 2007 server
983529 The EdgeTransport.exe process crashes and then restarts on an Exchange Server 2007 server
983540 “Http 500” error message when you use Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant on an Exchange Server 2007 Client Access server to diagnose issues

As the Exchange Team mentioned, when running ForeFront Protection for Exchange, make sure you disable ForeFront before installing the rollup and re-enable it afterwards, otherwise the Information Store and Transport services may not start. You can disable ForeFront using fscutility /disable and enable it by using fscutility /enable

You can download Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 1 here.

ForeFront Update Center

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Michel de Rooij

Want to check if you’re running the latest Service Pack or Rollup for your ForeFront components? The ForeFront team has published a page where all ForeFront components, related technologies included, are listed, including information on the latest Service Pack, Rollup, version number as well as a link to product guidance.