I admit it. I have gotten lazy about posting my new scripts, and haven't posted anything in forever. Today, someone emailed me about the KB 977921 problem, where a public folder has a directory object but is not flagged as mail-enabled. I wrote a script for this a year ago, and never posted it. So, just as I was about to fire off an email with the script attached, I figured I would just post it here so others can benefit as well.
Keep in mind that while this script runs, it will potentially be deleting and recreating directory objects for folders. While any individual folder should only be missing its directory object for a few seconds, it might be a good idea to pause incoming mail from the internet to avoid unwanted NDRs. The script requires an export file which will contain all the old folder email addresses, and it also generates ldif exports as it runs, so if something goes horribly wrong, you already have a backup of that data. It never hurts to make sure you have a good backup of your AD as well, just in case you need to do an authoritative restore of the Microsoft Exchange System Objects container.
# Fix-MailEnabled.ps1
#
# The purpose of this script is to read an ExFolders or PFDAVAdmin
# property export of public folders, and fix the folders where the
# mail-enabled state is not consistent.
#
# The export must include the following properties:
# PR_PF_PROXY, PR_PF_PROXY_REQUIRED, DS:proxyAddresses
#
# The export can optionally include the following
# properties, and if they are included, the script will preserve
# that setting:
# DS:msExchHideFromAddressLists
#
# This script must be run from Exchange Management Shell.
# File is required, ExchangeServer and DC are optional
# Example syntax:
# .\Fix-MailEnabled C:\ExFoldersExport.txt
# .\Fix-MailEnabled C:\ExFoldersExport.txt CONTOSO1 DC01
# .\Fix-MailEnabled -File C:\ExFoldersExport.txt -ExchangeServer CONTOSO1 -DC DC01
param([string]$File, [string]$ExchangeServer, [string]$DC, [string]$emailAddress, [string]$smtpServer)
# Log file stuff
$ScriptPath = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Parent
$Global:LogFileName = "FixMailEnabled"
$Global:LogFile = $ScriptPath + "\" + $LogFileName + ".log"
$Global:ErrorLogFile = $ScriptPath + "\FixMailEnabled-Errors.log"
$sendEmailOnError = $false
if ($emailAddress -ne $null -and $emailAddress.Length -gt 0 -and $smtpServer -ne $null -and $smtpServer.Length -gt 0)
{
$sendEmailOnError = $true
}
function Test-Transcribing
{
$externalHost = $host.gettype().getproperty("ExternalHost", [reflection.bindingflags]"NonPublic,Instance").getvalue($host, @())
try
{
$externalHost.gettype().getproperty("IsTranscribing", [reflection.bindingflags]"NonPublic,Instance").getvalue($externalHost, @())
}
catch
{
write-warning "This host does not support transcription."
}
}
function writelog([string]$value = "")
{
$Global:LogDate = Get-Date -uformat "%Y %m-%d %H:%M:%S"
("$LogDate $value")
}
function writeerror([string]$value = "")
{
$Global:LogDate = Get-Date -uformat "%Y %m-%d %H:%M:%S"
Add-Content -Path $Global:ErrorLogFile -Value ("$LogDate $value")
if ($sendEmailOnError)
{
writelog("Sending email notification...")
Send-MailMessage -From "Fix-MailEnabled@Fix-MailEnabled" -To $emailAddress -Subject "Fix-MailEnabled script error" `
-Body $value -SmtpServer $smtpServer
}
}
$isTranscribing = Test-Transcribing
if (!($isTranscribing))
{
$transcript = Start-Transcript $Global:LogFile -Append
writelog ($transcript)
}
else
{
writelog ("Transcript already started. Logging to the current file will continue.")
}
writelog ("Fix-MailEnabled starting.")
# Directory objects will be exported prior to deletion. This could
# potentionally create a lot of export files. By default these are
# put in the same folder as the script. If you want to put them
# elsewhere, change this path and make sure the folder exists.
$ExportPath = $ScriptPath
if ($ExchangeServer -eq "")
{
# Choose a PF server
$pfdbs = Get-PublicFolderDatabase
if ($pfdbs.Length -ne $null)
{
$ExchangeServer = $pfdbs[0].Server.Name
}
else
{
$ExchangeServer = $pfdbs.Server.Name
}
writelog ("ExchangeServer parameter was not supplied. Using server: " + $ExchangeServer)
}
if ($DC -eq "")
{
# Choose a DC
$rootDSE = [ADSI]("LDAP://RootDSE")
$DC = $rootDSE.Properties.dnsHostName
writelog ("DC parameter was not supplied. Using DC: " + $DC)
}
$reader = new-object System.IO.StreamReader($File)
# The first line in this file must be the header line, so we can
# figure out which column is which. Folder Path is always the
# first column in an ExFolders property export.
$headerLine = $reader.ReadLine()
if (!($headerLine.StartsWith("Folder Path")))
{
writelog "The input file doesn't seem to have the headers on the first line."
return
}
# Figure out which column is which
$folderPathIndex = -1
$proxyIndex = -1
$proxyRequiredIndex = -1
$proxyAddressesIndex = -1
$hideFromAddressListsIndex = -1
$headers = $headerLine.Split("`t")
for ($x = 0; $x -lt $headers.Length; $x++)
{
if ($headers[$x] -eq "Folder Path")
{
$folderPathIndex = $x
}
elseif ($headers[$x] -eq "PR_PF_PROXY: 0x671D0102")
{
$proxyIndex = $x
}
elseif ($headers[$x] -eq "PR_PF_PROXY_REQUIRED: 0x671F000B")
{
$proxyRequiredIndex = $x
}
elseif ($headers[$x] -eq "DS:proxyAddresses")
{
$proxyAddressesIndex = $x
}
elseif ($headers[$x] -eq "DS:msExchHideFromAddressLists")
{
$hideFromAddressListsIndex = $x
}
}
if ($folderPathIndex -lt 0 -or `
$proxyIndex -lt 0 -or `
$proxyRequiredIndex -lt 0 -or `
$proxyAddressesIndex -lt 0)
{
writelog "Required columns were not present in the input file."
writelog "Headers found:"
writelog $headers
return
}
# Loop through the lines in the file
while ($null -ne ($buffer = $reader.ReadLine()))
{
$columns = $buffer.Split("`t")
if ($columns.Length -lt 4)
{
continue
}
# Folder paths from ExFolders always start with "Public Folders" or
# "System Folders", so trim the first 14 characters.
$folderPath = $columns[$folderPathIndex].Substring(14)
$guidString = $columns[$proxyIndex]
$proxyRequired = $columns[$proxyRequiredIndex]
$proxyAddresses = $columns[$proxyAddressesIndex]
$hideFromAddressLists = $false
if ($hideFromAddressListsIndex -gt -1)
{
if ($columns[$hideFromAddressListsIndex] -eq "True")
{
$hideFromAddressLists = $true
}
}
if ($proxyRequired -ne "True" -and $proxyRequired -ne "1" -and $guidString -ne "PropertyError: NotFound" -and $guidString -ne "" -and $guidString -ne $null)
{
# does this objectGUID actually exist?
$proxyObject = [ADSI]("LDAP://" + $DC + "/<GUID=" + $guidString + ">")
if ($proxyObject.Path -eq $null)
{
# It's possible the object is in a different domain than the one
# held by the specified DC, so let's try again without a specific DC.
$proxyObject = [ADSI]("LDAP://<GUID=" + $guidString + ">")
}
if ($proxyObject.Path -ne $null)
{
# PR_PF_PROXY_REQUIRED is false or not set, but we have a directory object.
# This means we need to mail-enable the folder. Ideally it would link up to
# the existing directory object, but often, that doesn't seem to happen, and
# we get a duplicate. So, what we're going to do here is delete the existing
# directory object, mail-enable the folder, and then set the proxy addresses
# from the old directory object onto the new directory object.
# First, check if it's already mail-enabled. The input file could be out of
# sync with the actual properties.
$folder = Get-PublicFolder $folderPath -Server $ExchangeServer
if ($folder -ne $null)
{
if ($folder.MailEnabled)
{
writelog ("Skipping folder because it is already mail-enabled: " + $folderPath)
continue
}
}
else
{
writelog ("Skipping folder because it was not found: " + $folderPath)
continue
}
# If we got to this point, we found the PublicFolder object and it is not
# already mail-enabled.
writelog ("Found problem folder: " + $folderPath)
# Export the directory object before we delete it, just in case
$fileName = $ExportPath + "\" + $guidString + ".ldif"
$ldifoutput = ldifde -d $proxyObject.Properties.distinguishedName -f ($fileName)
writelog (" " + $ldifoutput)
writelog (" Exported directory object to file: " + $fileName)
# Save any explicit permissions
$explicitPerms = Get-MailPublicFolder $proxyObject.Properties.distinguishedName[0] | Get-ADPermission | `
WHERE { $_.IsInherited -eq $false -and (!($_.User.ToString().StartsWith("NT AUTHORITY"))) }
# Save group memberships
# We need to do this from a GC to make sure we get them all
$memberOf = ([ADSI]("GC://" + $proxyObject.Properties.distinguishedName[0])).Properties.memberOf
# Delete the current directory object
# For some reason Parent comes back as a string in Powershell, so
# we have to go bind to the parent.
$parent = [ADSI]($proxyObject.Parent.Replace("LDAP://", ("LDAP://" + $DC + "/")))
if ($parent.Path -eq $null)
{
$parent = [ADSI]($proxyObject.Parent)
}
if ($parent.Path -eq $null)
{
$proxyObject.Parent
writelog ("Skipping folder because bind to parent container failed: " + $folderPath)
continue
}
$parent.Children.Remove($proxyObject)
writelog (" Deleted old directory object.")
# Mail-enable the folder
Enable-MailPublicFolder $folderPath -Server $ExchangeServer
writelog (" Mail-enabled the folder.")
# Disable the email address policy and set the addresses.
# Because we just deleted the directory object a few seconds ago, it's
# possible that that change has not replicated everywhere yet. If the
# Exchange server still sees the object, setting the email addresses will
# fail. The purpose of the following loop is to retry until it succeeds,
# pausing in between. If this is constantly failing on the first try, it
# may be helpful to increase the initial pause.
$initialSleep = 30 # This is the initial pause. Increase it if needed.
writelog (" Sleeping for " + $initialSleep.ToString() + " seconds.")
Start-Sleep $initialSleep
# Filter out any addresses that aren't SMTP, and put the smtp addresses
# into a single comma-separated string.
$proxyAddressArray = $proxyAddresses.Split(" ")
$proxyAddresses = ""
foreach ($proxy in $proxyAddressArray)
{
if ($proxy.StartsWith("smtp:"))
{
if ($proxyAddresses.Length -gt 0)
{
$proxyAddresses += ","
}
$proxyAddresses += $proxy.Substring(5)
}
elseif ($proxy.StartsWith("SMTP:"))
{
if ($proxyAddresses.Length -gt 0)
{
$proxyAddresses = $proxy.Substring(5) + "," + $proxyAddresses
}
else
{
$proxyAddresses = $proxy.Substring(5)
}
}
}
$proxyAddresses = $proxyAddresses.Split(",")
$retryCount = 0
$maxRetry = 3 # The maximum number of times we'll retry
$succeeded = $false
while (!($succeeded))
{
writelog (" Setting proxy addresses...")
# Retrieve the new proxy object
$newMailPublicFolder = Get-MailPublicFolder $folderPath -Server $ExchangeServer
# Now set the properties
$Error.Clear()
Set-MailPublicFolder $newMailPublicFolder.Identity -EmailAddressPolicyEnabled $false -EmailAddresses $proxyAddresses `
-HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $hideFromAddressLists -Server $ExchangeServer
if ($Error[0] -eq $null)
{
$succeeded = $true
}
else
{
writelog (" Error encountered in Set-MailPublicFolder: " + $Error[0].ToString())
if ($retryCount -lt $maxRetry)
{
$retryCount++
writelog (" Pausing before retry. This will be retry number " `
+ $retryCount.ToString() + ". Max retry attempts is " + $maxRetry.ToString() + ".")
Start-Sleep 60 # This is how long we'll pause before trying again
}
else
{
writelog (" Max retries reached. You must manually set the properties.")
writelog (" See the error log for more details.")
writeerror ("Failed to set proxyAddresses on folder.`r`nFolder: " + $folderPath + `
"`r`nProxy Addresses:`r`n" + $proxyAddresses + `
"`r`nGroup membership:`r`n" + $memberOf + `
"`r`nExplicit Permissions:`r`n" + ($explicitPerms | Select-Object User,AccessRights | out-string) + "`r`n")
break
}
}
}
if ($succeeded -and $explicitPerms -ne $null)
{
$succeeded = $true
writelog (" Setting explicit permissions on new directory object...")
$newMailPublicFolder = Get-MailPublicFolder $folderPath -Server $ExchangeServer
foreach ($permission in $explicitPerms)
{
$Error.Clear()
$temp = Add-ADPermission $newMailPublicFolder.Identity -User $permission.User -AccessRights $permission.AccessRights
if ($Error[0] -ne $null)
{
$succeeded = $false
writelog (" Error setting explicit permissions. You must manually set the permissions:")
writelog ($explicitPerms)
writeerror ("Failed to set explicit permissions on folder.`r`nFolder: " + $folderPath + `
"`r`nExplicit Permissions:`r`n" + ($explicitPerms | Select-Object User,AccessRights | out-string) + "`r`n")
break
}
}
}
if ($succeeded -and $memberOf -ne $null)
{
writelog (" Setting group memberships...")
$newMailPublicFolder = Get-MailPublicFolder $folderPath -Server $ExchangeServer
$proxy = [ADSI]("LDAP://<GUID=" + $newMailPublicFolder.Guid + ">")
$proxyDn = $proxy.Properties.distinguishedName[0]
$succeeded = $true
foreach ($group in $memberOf)
{
$Error.Clear()
$groupObject = [ADSI]("LDAP://" + $group)
$temp = $groupObject.Properties.member.Add($proxyDn)
$groupObject.CommitChanges()
if ($Error[0] -ne $null)
{
writelog (" Error setting group memberships. You must add the folder to these groups:")
writelog ($memberOf)
writeerror ("Failed to set group memberships on folder.`r`nFolder: " + $folderPath + `
"`r`nGroup memberships:`r`n" + $memberOf + "`r`n")
$succeeded = $false
break
}
}
}
writelog (" Set the properties on the new directory object.")
writelog (" Done with this folder.")
}
else
{
# This means the input file said this was a bad folder, but when we tried
# to bind to the objectGUID from PR_PF_PROXY, we failed. Either the file
# is out of sync with the folder settings, or something else went wrong.
# Do we want to generate any output here?
writelog ("Skipping folder because the objectGUID was not found: " + $folderPath)
}
}
else
{
# If we got here, it means that according to the input file, the folder is
# not in a state where it has a directory object but is not mail-enabled.
# Nothing we need to do in that case. The folder is good.
}
}
$reader.Close()
writelog "Done!"
if (!($isTranscribing))
{
Stop-Transcript
}
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