RE: [NTSysADM] Added second IP to NIC, Radius fails

2015-01-06 Thread N Parr
I pointed my AP's at the new IP (old one is still there and they can ping
it) and it started working.  

Thanks

 

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]
On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 12:47 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Added second IP to NIC, Radius fails

 

I wish my memory was better. hazard of getting old.

 

I've seen this before, and I believe it had to do with the fact that the IP
address that Windows uses for IP transmissions is non-deterministic and was
no longer working because the new IP address wasn't recognized on the source
device.

 

But your problem may be completely different.

 

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[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of N Parr
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 10:35 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com 
Subject: [NTSysADM] Added second IP to NIC, Radius fails

 

Any idea why this would happen?  I've checked all the policy rules, there's
nothing tying them to a specific IP.  I've bounced the IAS service.  




[NTSysADM] Suggestions for small Industrial Switches

2014-09-17 Thread N Parr
Looking for Moxa type industrial switches for use in weatherproof outdoor
enclosures where temps can be subzero to baking in the sun.  SM/MM fiber
back hauls to Cisco switches.  Managed 802.1q, POE, 10/100/1000 or at least
option for 1Gb fiber backhaul.  Mainly used for AP's and Camera's.  If you
tell me Moxa is the best I can do then fine, I'll spend the $.




RE: [NTSysADM] XP issue after Forefront update

2014-04-16 Thread N Parr
Microsoft released a botched update, it killed every XP workstation we have and 
wasn’t nice to 2003 servers either.  We are running SCCM and SCEP 2010.  Go 
figure the week after support ends they decide to break it.

 

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Todd Lemmiksoo
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 8:08 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] XP issue after Forefront update

 

After last nights ForeFront update our XP machines will not work.

Have anyone else experienced this.



-- 
T. Todd Lemmiksoo 




[NTSysADM] RE: Lync Wireless phone question

2013-11-22 Thread N Parr
We have a bunch of 8440's and before those we had older model PTX150's.  But we 
don't use Lync, at least not with these yet.  I have them as standard SIP 
devices on my Mitel 5000.  Once you get a tftp server properly set up with the 
phone configs you can config and launch them as fast as you can copy and paste.
 Our only bad experience with them is the fact we are a manufacturing 
environment with a lot of metallic dust and shavings.  The phones didn't have 
any kind of protective cover over the ringer/speakerphone speaker and the ear 
speaker.  We were killing the speakers with magnetic particles within weeks.  
Spectralink worked with us and came up with a fix to protect the speakers and 
replaced all our phones.  We had the same problem with the older 150's and I 
can't believe they designed a new phone and totally forgot to fix that problem.

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Olson
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:15 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] Lync Wireless phone question

Hi All,
I was wondering what experiences any of you have with Wireless phones for Lync 
(2010 or 2013)? I only seem to be able to find one Certified phone, the 
Polycom Spectralink 8440 series. It's a bit pricey though at 550.00 plus with a 
charger kit. I do see some other phones that seem to work with Lync, but have 
to have a server and usually other access points to translate between them and 
Lync, or there is something like the Snom M9 which seems to be like the Polycom 
8440 type of phone, but not certified? None of these also seems to be 
Optimized for Lync either, but I guess that's just a limitation we'll have to 
live with for now.

Anyone have any good or bad experiences with these, or other wireless phones 
for Lync?

Thanks for your thoughts and advice in advance.

-Greg




[NTSysADM] RE: Folders without access visible again

2013-11-11 Thread N Parr
Thanks guys, my googlefu was failing me.

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Michael B. Smith
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 9:31 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Folders without access visible again

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772681(v=ws.10).aspx

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com 
[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of N Parr
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 10:20 AM
To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: [NTSysADM] Folders without access visible again

Over the weekend I robocopied a share to a new volume on an 08r2 server.  Now 
folders that users don't have access to are populating for them.  Security is 
fine, users can't get to them but why would they show back up?  Did I miss a 
switch in robocopy perhaps?
Thanks



RE: [NTSysADM] NAS SMB server (QNAP?)

2013-10-29 Thread N Parr
I have a TS-659 Pro II home and at work.  I've used them for SMB (AD 
authentication) and ISCSI targets.  I just moved iSCSI off the one at work now 
that we have another EQ.  It's mainly used as a backup target now and for any 
kind of bulk storage users need.  I still use the one at home for my VMWare 
iSCSI target and file storage.  One NIC dedicated to iSCSI traffic and the 
other to LAN.  Also use the built in twonkey media server for streaming movies 
to google tv devices, etc.  The latest firmware totally re-did the dashboard.  
It's much faster.  I would suggest you get a model with an intel CPU, it's a 
significant speed increase.  Even with browsing files.  And make sure you pick 
HD's off their compatibility list.

-Original Message-
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Ben Scott
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 1:07 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] NAS SMB server (QNAP?)

SHORT VERSION

  Anyone here used the QNAP appliances as an SMB file server (Windows File 
Sharing) in an Active Directory environment?  How'd it go?

  (Not as an iSCSI target or other block-level protocol.)

LONG VERSION

  I'm looking for what will basically be a network-attached disk drive.  
Non-critical file storage for things like ISO images, hard disk images, 
archives of old user files, installation sources, that sort of thing.  SMB will 
be the protocol.  Clients will be Win 7, XP, and that one Win 2000 computer I 
just can't get rid of.  Permissions will be pretty simple, basically a couple 
of groups, read-only/read-write/none, pull from and authenticate to our Active 
Directory.  No interest in running any applications on the box, nor doing 
anything more than file copies to/from it.  We're not going to be running 
application off it (unless you count installers).  No block level protocols 
like iSATA, ATA-over-Ethernet, etc.  Hardware will be twin mirrored 4TB disks, 
maybe a third sometimes gets attached to make an offline backup.  Rack mount.

  One option would be a Dell R210-II running CentOS Linux, Linux kernel 
software RAID, Samba, etc.  I've done that before.  It works.

  But management here is concerned that good Linux people are harder to find 
than Windows people.  They don't like that my minions don't have expertise with 
such systems.  So I'm considering something that comes with a bit more 
hand-holding, a bit more ready-to-go, out-of-the-box.  And NAS hardware can 
be cheaper than general-purpose server hardware.

  Specifically, I'm looking at the QNAP TS-412U.  Four bays, what looks like a 
decent web UI, claims to do Active Directory integration.
 All sorts of flashy bells and whistles we'll never use, but oh well.
It's significantly cheaper than most rack-mount general-purpose servers will 
be.  But if their SMB stuff is borken (I presume they're using Samba, but how 
you configure Samba matters a lot), it's no good to me.

  Thoughts/suggestions/experiences/etc. welcomed.

-- Ben






[NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

2013-09-20 Thread N Parr
Following up with some results and another question.  I added a second CPU, it 
helped but didn't solve the problem.  After some more digging with Process 
Explorer it seems the culprit is the SMB 2.0 driver.  It's chewing up the CPU 
but only with my Win7 clients.  This article suggests in mixed client 
environments try disabling SMB 2 on the server and clients.  Haven't done it 
yet.  Anyone else experience issues related to the SMB 2 driver?  It would 
explain why my Win XP clients don't experience the same issues as my Win 7.
http://www.petri.co.il/how-to-disable-smb-2-on-windows-vista-or-server-2008.htm#


-Original Message-
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Brian Desmond
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 3:35 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

Capturing a dump of the system when the problem is occurring or collecting an 
xperf trace would be my approaches to start. 

1 CPU is not really a great setup here.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132

-Original Message-
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of N Parr
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 3:07 PM
To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

Only questions I didn't already answer are 
~100 sessions
5 shares
Virtual (same config as other file servers that don't experience this)
1 CPU

Something else to add is I am snapping for previous file versions but CPU 
spikes never seem to coincide.I tend to agree it's something with the NIC 
because when System is spiking the CPU it's also the process with the highest 
network activity.  And then it's only 2-4% utilization.  There's not much I can 
do about that other than change the NIC type of the VM, but again it's using 
the same virtual adapter as my other file servers.


-Original Message-
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Jesse Rink
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:45 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

what version OS is the server?  nothing at all running on it other than a 
couple folder shares?   how many users are hitting the box?  how often is the 
spiking occuring?   is it a virtual or physical box?   how many cpu's or vcpus? 
   have you tried updating the NIC driver on the server?  does the cpu spike 
settle down on its own after awhile or do you have to reboot the client(s) 
and/or server?  

Just thinking out loud...



From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] on behalf 
of N Parr [npar...@mortonind.com]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:24 PM
To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: [NTSysADM] System process 100% CPU 08r2

I've been troubleshooting this for months now and I'm not getting anywhere but 
more confused.  I have one file server that keeps spiking the system service at 
random times.  Nothing else is running on the server, no AV or other apps.  
When this happens my win7 clients trying to access files on that server will 
come to a screeching halt.  That's the really strange part, my XP clients keep 
working like nothing is wrong.  I've done all the trouble shooting I can find 
for this problem, it's very hard to narrow down exactly what's causing the 
system process to spike.  I noticed that one of the win7 clients in 
particular was moving a lot of data (receiving .5 MB/sec steady) but they had 
no apps running off the server, weren't searching, search service was turned 
off.  But on that client it was the system service that was receiving the 
data from that server.  I rebooted the client and the server cpu immediately 
went back to normal.  My googling can't find anything that links the two 
together.  Just hoping someone else has encountered this.  Both client and 
server are patched but this has been going on for a long time, at least the 
last couple years.
Thanks











[NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

2013-09-17 Thread N Parr
It's VMware.  On Dell 620 hosts

-Original Message-
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Glen Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:52 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

Also, if Hyper-V you might want to check the host network adapter, disable 
Virtual Machine Queues.
We saw horribly slow network transfers if they are enabled on the host nic that 
is used by the VMs.
This was on Server 2012 host OS, nic is Broadcom.

-Original Message-
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Jesse Rink
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 5:49 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

just out of curiosity, you mention the VM is virtual.. is it hyper-v or 
vsphere?   if hyper-v, are you doing any kind of port-bonding (aggregation) 
using the HP Networking Team configuration on the host itself.


From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] on behalf 
of N Parr [npar...@mortonind.com]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 3:06 PM
To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

Only questions I didn't already answer are
~100 sessions
5 shares
Virtual (same config as other file servers that don't experience this)
1 CPU

Something else to add is I am snapping for previous file versions but CPU 
spikes never seem to coincide.I tend to agree it's something with the NIC 
because when System is spiking the CPU it's also the process with the highest 
network activity.  And then it's only 2-4% utilization.  There's not much I can 
do about that other than change the NIC type of the VM, but again it's using 
the same virtual adapter as my other file servers.


-Original Message-
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Jesse Rink
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:45 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

what version OS is the server?  nothing at all running on it other than a 
couple folder shares?   how many users are hitting the box?  how often is the 
spiking occuring?   is it a virtual or physical box?   how many cpu's or vcpus? 
   have you tried updating the NIC driver on the server?  does the cpu spike 
settle down on its own after awhile or do you have to reboot the client(s) 
and/or server?

Just thinking out loud...



From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] on behalf 
of N Parr [npar...@mortonind.com]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:24 PM
To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: [NTSysADM] System process 100% CPU 08r2

I've been troubleshooting this for months now and I'm not getting anywhere but 
more confused.  I have one file server that keeps spiking the system service at 
random times.  Nothing else is running on the server, no AV or other apps.  
When this happens my win7 clients trying to access files on that server will 
come to a screeching halt.  That's the really strange part, my XP clients keep 
working like nothing is wrong.  I've done all the trouble shooting I can find 
for this problem, it's very hard to narrow down exactly what's causing the 
system process to spike.  I noticed that one of the win7 clients in 
particular was moving a lot of data (receiving .5 MB/sec steady) but they had 
no apps running off the server, weren't searching, search service was turned 
off.  But on that client it was the system service that was receiving the 
data from that server.  I rebooted the client and the server cpu immediately 
went back to normal.  My googling can't find anything that links the two 
together.  Just hoping someone else has encountered this.  Both client and 
server are patched but this has been going on for a long time, at least the 
last couple years.
Thanks







[NTSysADM] System process 100% CPU 08r2

2013-09-16 Thread N Parr
I've been troubleshooting this for months now and I'm not getting anywhere but 
more confused.  I have one file server that keeps spiking the system service at 
random times.  Nothing else is running on the server, no AV or other apps.  
When this happens my win7 clients trying to access files on that server will 
come to a screeching halt.  That's the really strange part, my XP clients keep 
working like nothing is wrong.  I've done all the trouble shooting I can find 
for this problem, it's very hard to narrow down exactly what's causing the 
system process to spike.  I noticed that one of the win7 clients in 
particular was moving a lot of data (receiving .5 MB/sec steady) but they had 
no apps running off the server, weren't searching, search service was turned 
off.  But on that client it was the system service that was receiving the 
data from that server.  I rebooted the client and the server cpu immediately 
went back to normal.  My googling can't find anything that links the two 
together.  Just hoping someone else has encountered this.  Both client and 
server are patched but this has been going on for a long time, at least the 
last couple years.
Thanks




[NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

2013-09-16 Thread N Parr
Only questions I didn't already answer are 
~100 sessions
5 shares
Virtual (same config as other file servers that don't experience this)
1 CPU

Something else to add is I am snapping for previous file versions but CPU 
spikes never seem to coincide.I tend to agree it's something with the NIC 
because when System is spiking the CPU it's also the process with the highest 
network activity.  And then it's only 2-4% utilization.  There's not much I can 
do about that other than change the NIC type of the VM, but again it's using 
the same virtual adapter as my other file servers.


-Original Message-
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Jesse Rink
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:45 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: System process 100% CPU 08r2

what version OS is the server?  nothing at all running on it other than a 
couple folder shares?   how many users are hitting the box?  how often is the 
spiking occuring?   is it a virtual or physical box?   how many cpu's or vcpus? 
   have you tried updating the NIC driver on the server?  does the cpu spike 
settle down on its own after awhile or do you have to reboot the client(s) 
and/or server?  

Just thinking out loud...



From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] on behalf 
of N Parr [npar...@mortonind.com]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:24 PM
To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: [NTSysADM] System process 100% CPU 08r2

I've been troubleshooting this for months now and I'm not getting anywhere but 
more confused.  I have one file server that keeps spiking the system service at 
random times.  Nothing else is running on the server, no AV or other apps.  
When this happens my win7 clients trying to access files on that server will 
come to a screeching halt.  That's the really strange part, my XP clients keep 
working like nothing is wrong.  I've done all the trouble shooting I can find 
for this problem, it's very hard to narrow down exactly what's causing the 
system process to spike.  I noticed that one of the win7 clients in 
particular was moving a lot of data (receiving .5 MB/sec steady) but they had 
no apps running off the server, weren't searching, search service was turned 
off.  But on that client it was the system service that was receiving the 
data from that server.  I rebooted the client and the server cpu immediately 
went back to normal.  My googling can't find anything that links the two 
together.  Just hoping someone else has encountered this.  Both client and 
server are patched but this has been going on for a long time, at least the 
last couple years.
Thanks





RE: [NTSysADM] September MS Patches

2013-09-12 Thread N Parr
I usually verify against this before I roll out updates.
http://www.askwoody.com/


From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Glen Johnson
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:36 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] September MS Patches

Humm.
I'm not see those particular issues, but so far, the issue I described is for 
Server 2012, not office installed.
I did however notice that a couple 2008 R2 terminal servers with Office 2013 
installed took about 15 or 20 minutes to reboot after installing the 14 office 
2013 updates.

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com 
[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Rod Trent
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:20 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] September MS Patches

Yep...lots of issues this month...

http://windowsitpro.com/microsoft-office/more-windows-update-issues-emerging


From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com 
[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Glen Johnson
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:11 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] September MS Patches

Anyone else seeing this months MS updates requiring two reboots, or more 
specifically, all updates selected, install, reboot and then 4 of the 
previously selected updates being re-offered.
2nd try seems to work ok.
Not a problem, just takes a bit more time than usual.  Also a bit of a hassle 
when we patch systems and schedule a reboot in the middle of the night.
This month some systems will take two days to get fully patched.

Please excuse if this has already been discussed.  I tried to send earlier but 
found I had been unsubscribed from the list.  I though the list was unusually 
quiet.




[NTSysADM] RE: EqulLogic or EMC

2013-08-19 Thread N Parr
My personal opinion is EQ, not knowing your requirements it's just a personal 
preference.  We have and PS5000 and PS6000 in a pool running all our SQL DB's, 
40 VM servers and 50 View desktops and not even making them sweat.  And we are 
getting ready to order a new 6100E 72TB.

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of David McSpadden
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 12:10 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] EqulLogic or EMC

I am down to EqualLogic 6500E or VNX5300.

Anyone have any favorites?
Ups or downs regarding either of these?

Thank you

David W. McSpadden

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[NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware

2013-08-16 Thread N Parr
Look at an older precision workstations, they have pretty much the same guts as 
servers.  I'm running T5400's at home with 24GB and dual quad core 2GHz Xeons.  
Can be found pretty cheap on ebay.  Last one I picked up was around $300 a year 
ago.  They use the same RAM as Poweredge 2900's.

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Ken Cornetet
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 9:57 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware

I'd think whiteboxing would not be viable since a Xeon proc and 32GB of RAM 
will just about consume your $500 right off the bat.

Why does it have to be a Xeon? A quad core i5 whitebox might be doable for $500.



From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com 
[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of David Lum
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:19 AM
To: NTSysADM@lists.myITforum.commailto:NTSysADM@lists.myITforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] Looking for Hyper-V server hardware

My old home lab PowerEdge 840 server is giving me issues so I'm looking to 
upgrade, looking to spend ~500 (can be used, obviously!). Ideally I'd like a 
tower server populated with 32GB RAM. I'm not picky on brand (partial to Dell 
because that's what my clients run, but not a requirement) but do want Xeon 
instead of the AMD equivalent.  The closest I can find is a Dell T300 populated 
with 24GB RAM for about $500 shipped, which would work (the 840 has only 8GB 
RAM!).

Since this is for my home lab I don't mind building a white box system either. 
Suggestions anyone? Dell Outlet prices are out of my price range...


* Tower

* Xeon proc

* 24+GB installed

* HDD's / optical drive not necessary, I have my own
David Lum
Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764




[NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback?

2013-06-13 Thread N Parr
300 and up
https://www.barracuda.com/products/spamandvirusfirewall/models

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Bill Humphries
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:57 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback?

The lower end barracuda boxes don't do individual user quarantines, do they?  I 
know you used to have to step up to the 400 maybe?

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com 
[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:44 PM
To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback?

+1 on the Cuda.  Been running them for 10 years.  Not sure on the dist list 
quarantine.  But you can get a free demo unit/vm from them and their support is 
top notch. They will tell you how that part of it works.

From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com 
[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of N Parr
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:42 PM
To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback?

I've been running Barracuda's appliance in a VM for a couple years now and it 
does everything you require.  But I don't allow user access to quarantine.   I 
set it in global mode and generally forget about it.  Once you get it tuned 
right for spam and ham it's pretty dead on.  Every week or so I'll take a look 
at my quarantine just to see if anything legit has been caught.  I guess you 
could give users access to a shared mailbox that contains the quarantine.

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[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Phil Brutsche
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:15 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] FortiGate FortiMail email security boxes - feedback?

We are currently using a Dell SonicWALL Email Security VMware appliance and The 
Boss Man(tm) would like to evaluate alternatives.

One of the appliances that meets our requirements is the FortiGate FortiMail 
Email Security Appliance.

Is anyone using one of these boxes, and, if you are, do you have any feedback 
you would like to share?

In case anyone is wondering, these are the requirements:
* LDAP support (believe it or not, there are actually boxes that don't support 
that!)
* Available as a virtual appliance so we can run it in the VMware cluster
* Support for quarantine delegation - we need to give specific users access to 
the quarantine folder for distribution groups

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Phil Brutsche
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