Welcome to Mark Fugatt's Section

Mark Fugatt is a trainer and consultant for Pentech Office Solutions with a special focus on messaging systems. He is an MCT, MCSE, CTT, Microsoft Exchange MVP, the father of two great kids and the husband to a very patient and understanding wife, Sharon.

You can reach him at mark@4mcts.com and visit Pentech's web site at http://www.4mcts.com.

Mark's Latest Contributions

Mark Fugatt's Latest Contributions

Using General Purpose Public Folder Trees in Exchange 2003: Date - Aug 31, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Management & Administration; If you are going to allow people outside of your organization to use Exchange to collaborate with each other you don’t really want to give them access to your default Public Folders, so in this article we will look at creating a new Public Folder tree, a new Public Folder Store, how to allow access to it via a web browser, and some of the configuration options you might want to apply.
Configuring SMTP Logging to an Access Database: Date - Aug 01, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Monitoring & Operations; In this article we will look at how you can configure Exchange to perform SMTP logging to an Access database.
Restricting users from Sending and Receiving Internet Mail in Exchange 2003: Date - May 19, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; This article is an update on how to restrict Exchange 2003 users from receiving and sending Internet based email.
Getting Help and Information When You Need It: Date - Apr 26, 2004; Section - Exchange 2003 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; Getting help when you need it is not as complicated as you may think, there are many "self service" options available to you in the form of newsgroups, forums, discussion lists, blog and websites. In this article I hope to provide you with some valuable resources that you can use to build your knowledge of Exchange.
Congratulations to Henrik Walther: Date - Jan 28, 2004; Section - Site News / General; Congratulations to Henrik Walther, Henrik has recently been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award from Microsoft for his contribution to the Exchange community.
Changing the Display Order in the Exchange 2000 Address List: Date - May 30, 2003; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we will look at how we can modify the DisplayName field in Active Directory to use the LastName, FirstName format, this will then ensure that the Address Lists used by your users will be sorted by LastName.
Deleted Item Recovery and Deleted Mailbox Recovery: Date - Jan 22, 2003; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / High Availability & Recovery; This article describes how to use the Deleted Item Retension and Deleted Mailbox Retension feature in Exchange 2000.
Using a Public Folder as a Mailbox: Date - Jan 21, 2003; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article we will look at how to use a Public Folder in Exchange 2000 to collect mail that can then be accessed by multiple users, this could be used for a Sales Department or Customer Service mailbox for example.
Backing up Exchange 2000 using Windows 2000 Backup: Date - Jan 20, 2003; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Monitoring & Operations; This article explains the steps taken to backup your Exchange 2000 Information Store using the built-in Windows 2000 Backup program on your Exchange 2000 Server. It also explains the other information that should be backed up to ensure you can recover from a disaster.
Creating Resource Mailboxes in Exchange 2000: Date - Jan 17, 2003; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; This article describes the steps you need to take to create a Resource Mailbox in Exchange 2000, it also explains what your users need to do in order to utilize the Resource Mailbox correctly.
Using Public Folders to Hold Company Contacts: Date - Jan 05, 2003; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; This article describes how you can setup a Public Folder in Exchange 2000 to hold company contacts, it also explains how to set the permissions on the folder and how to allow users to access the folder like an address book.
Moving the Exchange Databases in Exchange 2000: Date - Oct 25, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; This article explains how you can move the Exchange 2000 Databases and/or the Exchange 2000 Transaction Log files to a different location.
Hosting Your Own SMTP Mail Using Exchange 2000: Date - Aug 13, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; In this article I am going to explain how you can configure Exchange 2000 to host your own SMTP Internet mail.
Implementing NNTP Newsfeed using Microsoft Exchange 2000: Date - Aug 09, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Migration & Deployment; In this article we shall look at how you can bring public newsgroups into your Exchange organization.
Securing Outlook Web Access using SSL: Date - Aug 06, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Mobility & Client Access; In this article we shall look at how we can secure OWA access using Secure Socket Layers (SSL)
Understanding Relaying and Spam with Exchange 2000: Date - Jul 30, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; This article is designed to help you better understand Relaying and Spam, it also explains some of the options available in Exchange 2000 to protect yourself.
Allowing Users to Access Multiple Mailboxes or Creating a Group Mailbox: Date - Jul 24, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; Many organizations require their users to have access to multiple mailboxes or have access to a common mailbox, this article will explain how to configure Exchange 2000 to achieve this.
Get Some Training, It's Worth It: Date - Jul 19, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Planning & Architecture; So you have decided to get Exchange, but have you planned for training? Exchange can be a complicated subject and spending a little time and money on training can save a you lot of time and money later, but getting the right training is not always easy. This article should help you make the right choices.
Restricting Users from Sending and/or Receiving Mail via the Internet: Date - Jul 11, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; This article explains to steps you can take to restrict users from sending and/or receiving mail via the Internet
Hosting Multiple SMTP Domains on Exchange 2000: Date - Jul 10, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; This article explains the steps required to host more than one SMTP domain within your Exchange organization.
Message Archiving with Exchange 2000: Date - Jun 30, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; It has now become very common for business owners to request the ability to see what messages their employees are sending and receiving, with Message Archiving this is possible.
Using the Mailbox Manager in Exchange 2000: Date - May 30, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; One of the new features that was implemented in Exchange 2000 SP1 is the Mailbox Manager. With the Mailbox Manager an Exchange Administrator has the ability to control the content of a user’s mailboxes.
Using EXMERGE To Delete Message From Your Exchange Server: Date - May 29, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Tools; One question that seems to come up a lot is “How can I delete a message from all the users mailboxes”, this question gets asked for many reasons, such as someone sent an email to the wrong group of people, you know that a message is in your system that contains an attachments that you do not want your users opening, you can probably think of a few more reasons.
Blocking Incoming Mail Using Microsoft Exchange 2000: Date - May 27, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Security & Message Hygiene; An employee comes to you and reports they are receiving email from an old friend and they don’t want it anymore, or the HR department manager is getting inappropriate emails from an ex-employee, do you know what to do. Now, you could go out and purchase a third-party tool to block the mail, but with Exchange 2000 you have a simple but effective solution available to you, its called “Message Filtering”, and in this document we will walk through how to set it up.
Forwarding Mail to an External Recipient, Part II: Date - Apr 25, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; In Mark Fugatt’s article “Forwarding Mail to an External Recipient,” he covered how to take mail destined for an internal mailbox and forward it to an outside email address such as a Hotmail or AOL account.
Controlling Users Mailboxes in Exchange 2000: Date - Mar 27, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; One of the big problems that Exchange Administrators have is controlling the size of user’s mailboxes. Well never fear help is at hand; with a few simple steps you can have a lot more control.
Forwarding Mail to an External Recipient: Date - Mar 27, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Management & Administration; It is very common for some of your users to express an interest in having their mail delivered to a mailbox that is external to your organization. For example, the user is going to be working away from the office and would like their mail to be delivered to their Hotmail account. Another request might be to have their mail delivered to a different person altogether.
The Recipient Update Service Uncovered: Date - Mar 07, 2002; Section - Exchange 2000 Articles / Planning & Architecture; The Recipient Update Service (RUS) is a very important component in your Exchange installation, it is RUS that is responsible for updating address lists and email addresses in your Active Directory.