Tools That Will Save You Time Part 2

MFCMAPI  is hands down one of the most invaluable tools when dealing with Exchange mailbox rules and permissions and is currently being updated by Stephen Griffin of Microsoft.  You can view his blog at https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stephen_griffin/ .   It is also invaluable for permissions work on public folders and for finding corrupt items that no longer show in a client's Outlook, be it a calendar reminder, task, or delegate who just can't be removed from their mailbox permissions.  It is not to be used lightly and Stephen's blog posts are a wealth of information of the the dos and do nots of manipulating a mailbox.

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