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Find out what version of Exchange is on a server

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Here's some tips for finding out more about your Exchange server:

  • Neil Hobson has a great tip on the MSExchange blog today about finding out the Exchange version of a server by checking a file.
  • Neil also posted this tip last month about using Exchange System Manager to see more details about the servers in your organization - version, type (front-end, cluster, basic) and edition (standard, enterprise, eval).
  • Another related resource is a KB article I updated a while back that has all of the major releases of Exchange, their version numbers and release dates (note to self: add Exchange 2003).
  • You can also telnet to the protocol ports (such as 110 for POP3, 143 for IMAP4) to see the version of that service. Note that telnetting to SMTP (25) will tell you the version of Windows, not Exchange - but it's a quick way to tell if a server is running Win2k or Win2k3

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  • Anonymous
    January 02, 2004
    Hi KC,

    Telnetting the Exchange 2000 Server on Port 110 actually gives the Exchange version number (not the Windows version) here's what I get when I telnet my Exchange server.

    +OK Microsoft Exchange 2000 POP3 server version 6.0.6487.0

    Hey btw, I have a quick question on Journaling.....

    I need to journal all the emails on an Exchange 2000 server to an external smtp address and it should be 100% reliable. I have enabled journaling and it works.. But

    Question:
    If the remote server fails (external journaled smtp address is unreachable) I dont receive any NDR for the journaled emails. How can we avoid this situation. I need to know if an email is not journaled and I need to journal it back somehow when the remote server is up again. How can we achieve this?
  • Anonymous
    January 02, 2004
    Right - 110/143 will tell you the version of the POP/IMAP service for Exchange. It's port 25 for SMTP that tells you the version of Windows.

    As for the journaling question, I don't know much about that feature. Let me ask around and see if I can find out (but given that most folks are on vacation, I probably won't get back to you for a while). I'll add another comment to this entry when I have a response.
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    January 05, 2004
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    February 18, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2004
    According to Microsoft: "Only use Archive Sink for troubleshooting purposes because archiving may affect server performance and possibly fill up disk space. You must manually delete archived messages"
  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2004
    we have exchange version 6.0.6487.0

    is there a way to tell how up to date that is?
  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2004
    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=158530