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Help with setting up my own exchange server

Hi,
I've been thinking to set up my own exchange server. i looked into it, but it seems pretty hard. Does anybody have a good step-by-step installation guide. most guides assume a complete network infrastructure is already in place, but for me that is not the case.
once exchnage is working i found this thrad to set up push email.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45008

the first question I have for you is do you have a static IP from your ISP??
If so then you are in really good shape
you also need a domain name
a copy of server 2003
a copy of exchange 2003 sp2

madcow_mda said:
Hi,
I've been thinking to set up my own exchange server. i looked into it, but it seems pretty hard. Does anybody have a good step-by-step installation guide. most guides assume a complete network infrastructure is already in place, but for me that is not the case.
once exchnage is working i found this thrad to set up push email.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45008
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That would be quite an undertaking. Don't think this is the right forum though...
You will need a static IP, true. SBS 2003 would be your most cost effective solution. Typically a dual proc computer with 2GB ram, good firewall with antivirus recomended. Then as mentioned you need a domain name, configure your MX record and reverse DNS. There's step-by-step guides readily available. Not really rocket science but I do it for a living. For the average Joe I'd suggest going with a hosted Exchange account.
Steven

Alright I will put up my 2 cents. First I don't want to insult any of the other answers you got, sorry if I do.
1. You should find a different forum, a book, and an online tutorial.
2. You need a PC that can run server 2003. If this is not going to be a production server (if its just for you to play with) then you don't need all that muscle. I have run 2003 on a 500mhz machine with 256 or 512 of ram (can't recall) It was a domain controller and mail server (this was just to play with obviously, NOT FOR PRODUCTION) Also ATLEAST a 20GB HD although I think you could do it with 10GB (but don't unless you HAVE to)
3. You don't NEED a static IP, although it would make things easier. You can use a DDNS service to help get around the static IP (DDNS = Dynamic Domain Name Service). I can't recommend any because I have never used them but GOOGLE will prove useful for finding a keeper.
4. A domain name will be nessacary if you use DDNS (if you have a static IP then theoretically you could access the Exchange server by IP address *I have never done that so that's why it theoretical.) You can get a domain name VERY cheap nowadays. I think http://www.godaddy.com had good pricing last time I checked.
5. SBS (Small Business Server) 2003 would do you just fine. However 2003 standard and Exchange will also work fine. You can always get SP2 for exchange on Microsoft's web site.
I think that's what you would need (I may have over looked something) to get started. After that just some dedication and research and you will be up and running in no time.
Have Fun; Lew
P.S. I'm not responsible for you breaking anything you may break while attempting this project (and all that good stuff.) This includes your Wizard, your "server", your internet connection, any nearby cars, or your relationships. That being said I have never seen any of that happen (except for of course loosing a relationship while setting up a large corporate Active Directory and Exchange server farm, this I HAVE seen.)

Well written Lew. Curious on point 4 however as MX records must point to the FQDN of a valid A record per RFC's ...
I do concur on the rest though. I've done this on older computers... sometimes I just forget where I am (and what I've got to support)
Steven
(and you did answer this much better than I)

Now that you mention it, your right. You do need a Domain name. I forgot about the MX pointer. MX records are part of DNS that points to the authorized mail server for the domain name. It points at an established "A" record. So you will need a Domain name =)
Thanx for pointing that out Dr Puttingham, I forgot about that.
Later; Lew

lew you did cover all of the necessary items but as far as the static is concerned I said you needed one because those ddns services are not as good as most people think as I have looked into it and also configured them and most require additional fees based on bandwith and other requirements

also server will run on a laptop too
being in the military we have had to make d600's servers due to lack of equipment

hmmm thanks for all the replys. that does sound like a hell of lot of figurin out that i have to do.
but one thing? if i register at www.dyndns.org and i have a name like something.homeftp.org then isn't that my domain? i alwys thought so, but im getting the idea that this is not the case.
i have an account there to access my ftp server, but now i have a windows mobile 5 device and i would like to sync over internet and an exchange server is the only option.
furthermore:
im planning on running it one a PIII600 with 512MB RAM and 40GB. since the only thing it will be doing is exchange and ftp. i have been looking at some guides, but none so far seem to have a router implemented. they all use large servers. will it be a problem if the server is behind my router? (i know i can turn the server into a router by adding a second network card, but i would like to use the wireless capabilities of my router)
o yeah, which forums would you suggest?

Well, I'd go with SBS 2003 Standard Edition as it's about $500 or $600. Seperately Standard Server 2003 and Exchange 2003 cost about that much. You get get a 180 day trial evaluation copy from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/trial/default.mspx
Yes you'd typically keep the server behind the router and open up a few ports on the router. You can definetly use the PIII600 but don't forget the antivirus!
Good tech docs are at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/productdoc/default.mspx but there's also alot more you can find Googling.
I personally hang out at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exchange-2003/
Once again I'd look into a Hosted Exchange though ....
That's all the info I can really offer here on this forum, hope I was of some help.
Steven

Broadcast Channels

Under phone settings more, there is the option for enabling Broadcast Channels. Can someone tell me what this is?

They are channels that broadcast info to your phone as messages. I had a list of these years ago, but lost it. You put a channel number in the settings (eg. 21 or 43 etc), and when info is available on that channel it will show up. The channels consisted of some of these as far as I can remember: phone area code, cell info, major roads, doctors, local taxis.
Years ago when travelling in South Africa, my old Nokia was setup to receive these, and it worked. You must remember this was when a Nokia 6110 was cutting edge technology :wink:

Channel 50 is a fairly common one, it provides area information.
However, it should be noted that it will depend on which provider you're with, and where you are, whether this works at all. For example, in The Netherlands, only Vodafone really offers cell broadcast information at all - one of the other large providers, KPN, stopped using it altogether in 2002.
It's funny, too - as the whole technology basically offered location-based push information. In some countries you can get the weather forecast for the region you're in, or if you're travelling you can get the location of the nearest tourism office, etc.
One snag for the providers: they can't charge you for it. And this is likely why it's not very popular... why provide you with these services for free, when they can make you log into their WAP/portal page for $1,00 startup + $1,00/MB instead?

stingy cell companies. if anyone finds out channels please post as i will do the same.

Found this by google, but still don't know how to use it.
Start -> Settings -> Phone (icon) -> More (tab)-> Broadcast Channels (enable checkbox) -> Click Settings Button -> Choose Language (drop-down menu) -> Recieve Channel Lists (enable checkbox):
The following are operator message codes. You'll need to enter these in manually into the text box
Operator Message Codes:
000 Index
010 Newsflashes
020 Hospitals
022 Doctors
024 Pharmacies
030 Road Reports - Long Distance
032 Road Reports - Local
034 Taxis
040 Weather
050 District Cell Information
052 Network Information
054 Operator Services
056 Directory Enquiries - National
057 Directory Enquiries - International
058 Customer Care - National
059 Customer Care - International

CommMgrPro. Looking for GSM-GPS mappers

HI.
CommMgrPro is and one year old Hermes project. CommMgrPro is:
1) Automatic profile tool based on Location (GSM cell) and schedules.
2) Battery and Current draw monitory tool.
3) Communication manager.
4) -> It allow to upload cell changes to the server and if you have GPS It can take the coordenates so you can track your movements on the server using Google Maps. Apart of this we are creating automatically a big database matching CELL - OPERATOR - GPS coords.
So.....We are giving for free licenses to people interested on the project and interested on increasing the database. Simply install the program, use it to upload cells and if you ve uploaded cells you will get a free license. More info in www.commmgrpro.com
Thanks

It is interesting. However, I am concern about the privacy. Does the program upload ANYTHING else other than the Cells information?
How do you protect the information which user sends to your server? Can we delete the data completely off from your server?
EDIT:
I just checked your website and seems you allow user to login and check the cell info. However, the login and registration pages are not using SSL.

yes, thats truth.
User can choose which fields to be uploaded to the server (8 possible fields). But you can change the URL to test by yourself the data. At least users should upload Location (Cell/Lac), Phone operator, GPS coords and (owner_name and/or Device ID to identify the user who uploaded the data. Well, you can disable owner name and Device ID (imei) but we wont know who is upload that data). There are two main tables.
1) Cell-operator-gps. Thats the interesting table for CMP. No user data.
2) Location changes. Interesting for user to track movements on google maps. Data's rows are deleted each 72 hours but can be removed more frequently if users wants.
NO Https. Yes, we thought data was critial but We will put an special HTTPS port...
Dani

danielherrero said:
yes, thats truth.
User can choose which fields to be uploaded to the server (8 possible fields). But you can change the URL to test by yourself the data. At least users should upload Location (Cell/Lac), Phone operator, GPS coords and (owner_name and/or Device ID to identify the user who uploaded the data. Well, you can disable owner name and Device ID (imei) but we wont know who is upload that data). There are two main tables.
1) Cell-operator-gps. Thats the interesting table for CMP. No user data.
2) Location changes. Interesting for user to track movements on google maps. Data's rows are deleted each 72 hours but can be removed more frequently if users wants.
NO Https. Yes, we thought data was critial but We will put an special HTTPS port...
Dani
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very interesting application Daniel!!
btw i have a question for you: is it possible to upload before a list of cells with also other informations included (like address, owner, power, or other) to display on screen once the bts is locked?
thanks
ciao
fausto

Well, currently It lets you upload 8 fields but I can more info if needed. This project is alive and I post new releases every two or three weeks.....
Dani

licenses
Are licenses still be given out for free? I already have a paid licence for bandswitch.

How does this compete with Navizon?

competition
Here's the differences. navizon uses a trial period program that supposedly gives you cash back for usage but the kicker is when the trial expires. CommMgrPro usage gets you a free license to the program itself since the database needs to be updated which is similar to navizon. What you're getting out of it is the difference.

How to change the X1 mac address?

Hi,
yesterday i tried nearly the whole day to change my mac address on my x1. first i made a hardspl for x1. the new bootloader is working.
After that, i connected via mtty. I tried some commands like emapiTest, emapiWlanMac and some other what i found at xda-dev. I only go "command error" in mtty.
Then i flashed the latest rom (R2A) and tried it again with mtty. Same bad results.
There is a posting at xda-dev: NOTE: To use rbmc you need to
authenticate with proper password .... otherwise bootloader returns "Command error !!!" or "Command is Locked!". (if you're using Hard-SPL, this is unlocked, and any address can be read with 2.30.Olipro)
Do i make the same authenticate with the X1 HardSpl that i am able to work with any commands?
Best regards
strohrum

You can't change the MAC address of a network device. It's the unique hardware serial number of the network device.
My guess is that you're trying to get your Xperia to connect to a hotspot that only allows specific MAC addresses. In that case it makes more sense to find the wifi MAC address of your phone, go into the configuration page for your wifi router and enter the MAC address on the filter list.
You can get the phone's wifi MAC fairly easily. Turn on wifi, then:
Start > Settings > Connections > Wireless LAN > Advanced
... and the MAC is there for you.

ZenithUK said:
You can't change the MAC address of a network device. It's the unique hardware serial number of the network device.
My guess is that you're trying to get your Xperia to connect to a hotspot that only allows specific MAC addresses. In that case it makes more sense to find the wifi MAC address of your phone, go into the configuration page for your wifi router and enter the MAC address on the filter list.
You can get the phone's wifi MAC fairly easily. Turn on wifi, then:
Start > Settings > Connections > Wireless LAN > Advanced
... and the MAC is there for you.
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Actually it is possible to "spoof" a network device.
I'm just not sure how to do this on a WM device.

i tried the registry method... didnt find any data for mac address
and i tried what jockyw wrote:
"You can run or flash the USPL (see sticky) and set a MAC address of your own choice.
Connect with MTTY and at the command prompt type:
emapiWlanMac 01 02 03 04 05 06 (the six two-digit numbers are the hexadecimal MAC byte values and should be replaced by anything you like)"
but i only get "command error" at any command.

strohrum said:
How to change the X1 mac address?
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Is that legal ??

who cares ?

exxi said:
who cares ?
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hmmm...
Maybe you are right and xda-devs wouldn't care about that...
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That is not legal I am sure.

Legal WHERE? 50% of the content here is probably not koscher! What a stupid question!
ANY medling with software is illegal worldwide! Read the license agreements!
I would suggest NOT to discuss this...waste of time and effort! Just a thought ;-)

why should be illegal to change mac address? It's not IMEI

guap said:
why should be illegal to change mac address? It's not IMEI
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BTW, I was just asking, not stating

Fulgore69 said:
That is not legal I am sure.
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Well, its not illegal in the "go to jail" sense... but more of a torts way. SE won't care that a relatively small group is tinkering with their own phones since it doesn't affect their income at all. Rather, if we filed a warranty claim, they can deny it on breach of terms.
The only time a modified MAC could be considered "illegal" is if you are pirating as a result of modifying it.

Why would you even want to change the mac-adress?

Fulgore69 said:
That is not legal I am sure.
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Please don't assume that something is illegal simply because it's "sometimes" associated with "hacking". Password recovery is not illegal, port scanning is not illegal, packet sniffing is not illegal. These are all used by most large companies on a regular basis. I'm a network engineer and I can assure you that it is legal to "spoof" your mac address. Even though there may be some unethical reasons for doing this, there are also unethical reasons for owning a kitchen knife. We change our mac addresses of many of the devices at work all the time for many, very legitimate reasons.
While there's no easy way to change the actual information stored in the CIS of a device, depending on the NIC driver, many drivers support dynamic mac addresses. Even Microsoft provides support for configurable mac addresses.
I dug around in the registry a bit and it doesn't seem like there is a default setting for this on Xperia (well, that I could find), but I'm sure there's a way to change the NDIS miniport drivers to simply call a new string value containing whatever you're trying to change your mac to.
Check out these MSDN articles that might help with a solution.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb648482.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms893567.aspx

hi jhoffa,
thanks for the solution links. but i already need help:
At MSDN:
Finally, if the card information structure (CIS) of the PC Card contains a network address value, Ndis.dll creates a \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Miniport Instance\Parms\NetworkAddress key to store the network address.
My registry dosent show the path ...\NetworkAddress
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511
DisplayName
IEEE 802.11b/g Compatible Wi-Fi Adapter
At: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\TcpIp it shows me: Autocgf, autointerval, automask, autoseed, autosubnet, dhcpdns, dhcpipaddress, dhcpserver, dhcpsubnetmask, enabledhcp, lease, leaseobtainedhigh, leaseobtainedlow, prevreqoptions, t1 and t2. but nothing like a mac address.
is it possible that i am looking the wrong way?
thanks for helping
strohrum

strohrum said:
hi jhoffa,
thanks for the solution links. but i already need help:
At MSDN:
Finally, if the card information structure (CIS) of the PC Card contains a network address value, Ndis.dll creates a \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Miniport Instance\Parms\NetworkAddress key to store the network address.
My registry dosent show the path ...\NetworkAddress
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511
DisplayName
IEEE 802.11b/g Compatible Wi-Fi Adapter
At: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\TcpIp it shows me: Autocgf, autointerval, automask, autoseed, autosubnet, dhcpdns, dhcpipaddress, dhcpserver, dhcpsubnetmask, enabledhcp, lease, leaseobtainedhigh, leaseobtainedlow, prevreqoptions, t1 and t2. but nothing like a mac address.
is it possible that i am looking the wrong way?
thanks for helping
strohrum
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Have you tried adding
Network Adress as a (i'm presuming) a Dword to \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\ ?

i added "NetworkAddress" as String and typed a 12 letter mac in it. didnt work. Dword same.

jhoffa said:
I dug around in the registry a bit and it doesn't seem like there is a default setting for this on Xperia (well, that I could find), but I'm sure there's a way to change the NDIS miniport drivers to simply call a new string value containing whatever you're trying to change your mac to.
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i skiped this as i read your posting before. i know that i cant handle this, i am too noobish in registry files edit.
maybe someone could help me with that?
thanks
strohrum

i found that at eggheadcafe.com:
Step 1 --> changes to driver
Steps [2-5] from C# application
1) In NDIS Intermediate driver (QueryMiniport function), I made the
following changes
a) When OID is CURRENT_MAC_ADDRESS , open registry , read a
registry name ChangeMAC,
b) if value of ChangeMAC is 1 then read registry value of "NewMAC"
and then convert it appropriately to MAC format
(remove extra unicode characters etc)
c) then do a NDISMoveMemory to current adapters MACaddr field.
d) close registry
2) Set value of ChangeMAC (DWord) to 1
3) Set value of NewMAC (string) to the new mac address
4) Invoke a NDIS_REBIND_ADAPTER (this internally will call
QueryMiniport ) and inturn execute step (1)
5) Set value of ChangeMAC (DWord) to 0
anybody an idea how does it work?

michaelthemage said:
Legal WHERE? 50% of the content here is probably not koscher! What a stupid question!
ANY medling with software is illegal worldwide! Read the license agreements!
I would suggest NOT to discuss this...waste of time and effort! Just a thought ;-)
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Using an unofficial program "stealed" from other phone or cook a personal ROM is not paragonable as change MAC Address.
MAC Address changes are the same of IMEI's ones: if you want to create-problems to a WiFi network (for example) with your modified MAC Address, you are not more identificable...so this is illegal.
To prevent the possibility of this type of "problems", all changes acts to alterate UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION of a device (IMEI or MAC Address numbers) are illegal, because it will cause a POSSIBLE multi-identity.

Contacts/postal address fields

My new Xiaomi Max 2 has two deficiencies.
One is that the App are in a random order: this is solved by using a launcher (extraordinary that sorting Apps is not apparently part of Miui).
The second is more strange; there are no fields within the postal address. I have found no way to get these fields - standard in all Android phones I have owned up to my current Sony - to appear:
Street
PO Box
Neighbourhood
City
State
Postcode
Country
Can anyone can provide a way to get these fields to appear in the Contents App in Mi Max 2? Without them I will consign my Mi Max 2 to oblivion!
Thank you.

Your habit is one of the deficiencies. Is it really so hard/lazy in address field to write simply
(John Johnson)
3, Deficiencies Street
(no PO BOX)
(What is Neighborhood? Moon?)
Las Vegas, Texas
(State: cold)
1122334455
Lazyland
So, consign your laziness to oblivion.