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Yep, i too have experienced this problem (grr microsoft)..

They do have a KB atricle for this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829361

Cause:

This issue may occur when the following conditions are true:

• The Microsoft Active Directory directory service closes before Exchange 2003 services are fully stopped during the computer shut down process.
• Exchange 2003 is installed on a domain controller computer that is also a global catalog server.
• No other domain controller or global catalog server is available in the forest.

Active Directory shuts down before Exchange 2003 services are fully stopped during the computer shut down process. When this issue occurs, the Exchange DSACCESS component may continue to try to contact the Active Directory and wait for a response.

Workaround:

To make a Windows Server 2003 domain controller computer that has Exchange 2003 installed shut down faster, manually stop the Exchange 2003 services before you shut down Windows.

OK, so i have just put together a small batch script to stop the services:

    net stop MSExchangeES
    net stop IMAP4Svc
    net stop POP3Svc
    net stop RESvc
    net stop MSExchangeSRS
    net stop MSExchangeMGMT
    net stop MSExchangeMTA
    net stop MSExchangeIS   /Y
    net stop MSExchangeSA   /Y

Run this batch script and then shutdown your server - check how fast it shuts down now!

MSCRM-Admin Exchange 2003, Server 2003 ad, Exchange 2003, long shutdown, services, shutdown

Hi All,

Today i had the wonderful pleasure of trying to figure out how to send an email from a email distribution group (active directory group).

The distribution group is ‘Support (support@xxxxxxx.com.au)’ which recieved all support emails. The user wanted to send & reply to emails from the support email address.

I had actually tried to send from this distribution group in outlook - using the From field and boom it worked - too bad it never worked for the other users (turns out i’m an exchange admin and can do whatever i want).

So the user got this error:

Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

      Subject: 

      Sent:     27/05/2009 2:25 PM

The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:

      Ibrahim Sukari on 27/05/2009 2:25 PM

            You do not have permission to send to this recipient.  For assistance, contact your system administrator.

            MSEXCH:MSExchangeIS:/DC=local/DC=mydomain:exchserv01

After literally 1 hour of searching, i managed to figure out that in the Active Directory MMC view (below), there is an option call ‘Advanced Features’ which apparently gives you the security options needed on a distribution group.

Steps needed to enable user to send an email from a distribution group:

1. Enable ‘Advance Features’ view from the MMC console - Click on View > Advanced Features
2. Find the distribution group in question, go to properties > security tab > add the user wanting to send the email > give the user permission to send AS or give full control.
3.  Enable the ‘From’ field in outlook (i am using Outlook 2007) - Click on the ‘options’ menu > click on ‘Show From’
   
4. Click on ‘From’ - then choose the distribution group (mine is Support)
5. Send the email - check the other email account.
   

That’s It for now, any comments and suggestions are welcome.

-Ibrahim Sukari

MSCRM-Admin Exchange 2003 distribution group, Exchange 2003, from, info, outlook, send email, support