Re: The list?
Is Schrodenger's cat subscribed to the list? On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Ryan Finnesey r...@finnesey.com wrote: I hate to jinks it but it seem the list is still up and running? No. We're all a figment of your imagination. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: The list?
My god!. It's full of stars On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: But it is webscale. On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, James Rankin wrote: It's a new feature - manual mirroring. In that you post the same stuff to both. On 30 April 2013 18:05, Stringham, Steven sstri...@lrlaw.com wrote: ** Yes, but does it automatic failover? Is it load balanced? -- *From:* kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:38 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: The list? We now have list redundancy Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -- *From: *Ryan Finnesey r...@finnesey.com *Date: *Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:29:46 + *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *The list? I hate to jinks it but it seem the list is still up and running? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- For more information about *Lewis and Roca LLP*, please go to * www.lewisandroca.com* http://www.lewisandroca.com/. Phoenix (602)262-5311 Reno (775)823-2900 Tucson (520)622-2090 Albuquerque (505)764-5400 Las Vegas (702)949-8200 Silicon Valley (650)391-1380 This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sende -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: End of month plan B for list shutdown.
So, we're just part of your dumping ground? On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: The end of the month and allegedly the end of the list is tomorrow. We need a plan B to get back in contact to get this going again if possible. Someone got a blog we can bookmark for new/announcements that would be willing to post anything they hear? Until something better comes along, I offer this: https://sites.google.com/site/mailvortex/ntsysadmin I'll also update that after something better comes along. This is intended to be a quick response, not a good one. :-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION
Bottom posting: Something abandoned a long time ago by everyone except Kurt. It's annoying as heck on a PC and makes reading threads on a mobile device significantly more difficult. But then again it's a free country and if Kurt wants to continue to write a paper check, make the entry into the checkbook register, and update the running balance while five people stand behind him in line at the grocery store so be it. But I also have the right to glare at him and make snide comments about those fancy new debit cards all the cool kids are using these days. On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: See response below... On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Every time I see your messages come through I almost delete it automatically, thinking someone accidentally hit Send too soon. Then, I realize your response is *under* the original text. Tricky. Is that a Gmail thing? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:44 AM, s...@knowbe4.com wrote: Hi All, You are invited to the new NTSYSADMIN list hosted by KnowBe4. This replaces the Lyris list hosted by Sunbelt Software / GFI, which will shut down at the end of this month. GFI will confirm this with a separate message. I will continue to moderate the NTSYSADMIN list from KnowBe4. Warm regards, Stu Continuity? That is, will the archives migrate too? You say invited does this mean I have to do a new signup? If so, where's the subscription info? Can you ban the indeed when used as a single word response? :) Will you finally migrate to mailman so that we can have a sane list handler? Kurt No, it's called bottom posting, and I do it by deleting the to empty lines that gmail starts with, then CTRL-END to the bottom of the message and delete the cruft that the list software appends to each message. It's (IMNSHO) the better way of pursuing a conversation, for two reasons: o- It maintains a natural flow of reading - read the post all the way through, then read the reply all the way through, instead of read the reply, then bounce down and read the original post o- If you're doing in-line replies, it's also more natural, as it's easier to maintain conversation flow while responding to individual thoughts in the original post(s). Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Server 2012 RC available
Oh piss boy.. On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: Cool, will give it a shake. On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: The updated Windows 8 is, too… ** ** http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/05/31/windows-8-release-preview-is-now-available/ ** ** *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2012 5:45 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Server 2012 RC available ** ** it's up! ** ** http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx ** ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: BPOS to Exchange on-premise
During this migration phase (Live to 365) you can pretty much migrate when you want IIRC. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Daniel Chenault dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com wrote: Not an option. My customer wants to do this within four weeks at the most. ** ** Daniel Chenault dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com [image: Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160] ** ** *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:06 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: BPOS to Exchange on-premise ** ** *If you wait to migrate the tenant to Office365, it will be easy to do with the in-box tools. *** * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* Daniel Chenault [mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:02 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* BPOS to Exchange on-premise ** ** I have a found a wealth of information on moving FROM on-premise Exchange (and other systems) to BPOS but only one link about the reverse (from a company with a product to sell). Is this because there just is no easy path or because the information is being hidden? ** ** At this point all I can see is to manually recreate the user accounts (there is no export in the BPOS control panel that I can see) and have the users be sure all their mail is moved to a PST. Yech… ** ** Anyone have a better idea or experience? ** ** Daniel Chenault dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com Office: 972-528-6546 x 1002 Fax: 972-982-0054 9550 Skillman Road Suite 514 Dallas, TX 75243 [image: Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160] ** ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadminimage001.jpg
Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...
I'm hoping I'll be able to automate the server portion of the install/reboot steps with runbooks in System Center 2012. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: We do the same: WSUS automatic updates for desktops, Download but not installed for servers. It's just a pain when you have a lot of servers to hit. Even a command line way to do this would be an improvement... and I hope this becomes available with Windows 8 Server. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:23:06 -0700 Subject: RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... WSUS. Set to download but not install. Then I RDP and hit install. Saves quite a bit of time since they are already downloaded. An improvement over what you are doing, but still not perfect of course. But I am in full control that way. We are smaller than many people here. About 40 servers. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... What do you guys use to patch servers? I'm still in the RDP to the server and run Windows Update camp. I'd love a free solution to do this en-mass, if somebody knows one. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:03:50 -0700 Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... Unfortunately, I can't move quite that fast. We're pretty much a 24x5 shop, with offices overseas, and I have to give more notice than patching now, please log off. At least I have most weekends to do this kind of thing... Kurt On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:24, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: I am all done! Neeener neener. :) -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... Yeah, I'm pushing this out as fast as I can - I'll be patching servers tonight, and the rest of the workstations next week. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:14, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: ...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-RDP-Vulnerability-Exploit -Co de-Confirmed-259060.shtml ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage
Re: Worth some consideration...
LastPass FTW! On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: I would also say that the below is better than using the same password over and over all over the place. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 1:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Worth some consideration... Better the piece of paper in your wallet/purse than the piece of paper unattended somewhere near your computer. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: list delays
I disconcur (unconcur, misconcur?) Over my also very long association with this and other techie lists (especially Peter's old Exchange list) I've found many, many things being taken offlist. Of course IIRC almost all of those things have involved consuming copious amount of adult beverages (and yes, we have actually caused certain bars to run out of specific brands of said beverages). Some of those offlist contacts have become lifelong friends (even unto death, RIP JRH, Mr. Houge, and Mr. Southworth). I've also worked with many of the same people either directly (various list members have worked for me before) or via various consulting arrangements. That being said, there are no masters here. There is no secret cabal. I've only seen personal types of comments when A) they are actually good friends with the person and are just yanking their chain, or B) that person has been such a douche bag that it appears that it's the only way to get them to listen (most still don't). Being a real person here has had a significant impact on my personal and professional life. If you think how you conduct yourself on some techie list doesn't matter, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is pretty much everyone I've personally encountered here and on other tech lists (probably 50-75 people) are very forgiving and welcoming people. My recommendation is to be a Real Person (tm) and consider the feedback people give you. It also helps if you buy a round when you do meet list members in person. (For those that are not adept at grasping the scope of my advice here, I'm NOT speaking to Mr. Harris. I'm addressing multiple other offenders here. I just happened to pick his message to reply to.) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: In all my years on this list I have never heard of anyone taking anything beyond the list unless it was a comment that did not belong on the list being sent directly to the email address of the subscribed individual usually then it help of some kind not attacks. BTW I go back to about 97 or 98 so that is a LONG time. Jon On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: I think your moniker is well-deserved - masters of the list is very cynical. I don't see it that way. And if anyone from this list saw fit to speak to my employer or attack me personally via telephone or snail mail, I'd see fit to go over to knock on their door and have it out with them. I come from a pretty grassroots place so if someone's out of order we tend to see nothing wrong with getting down on the cobbles, if necessary, and sorting it out. Each to their own. I don't think anyone here would do that, though. Maybe I'm naive geek, but I'm not worrying about it. IMHO, YMMV, usual disclaimers. Signature will soon be gone. Cheers, JR On 14 March 2012 15:53, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature, but to have to ignore it hundreds or thousands of times when it's including in replies by other people just doesn't make any sense to me. Butwhatever. You know I've considered using my real name on here several times. However, after seeing how a lot of the masters of this list treat the readers of the list, I'll never do it. The masters find enjoyment in berating and personally attacking readers of the list. I wouldn't put it past some or the masters to actually look somebody up and either A) call a list member's employer to complain, or B) personally attack (verbally) in real life over the phone, via snail mail, etc. This list is still useful but there is a lot of unprofessionalism that goes on that has nothing to do with my 'cynicalgeek' email address not using my real name. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature. It's also funny, so I tend to give it a pass. I've seen worse signatures with huge pictures, those are pretty objectionable. The list members have come down hard on people with huge graphics and whatnot in their signature. Is Mr Rankin's long? Yeah, but it's text and it doesn't stand out and cry for my attention, either. Turning this on its head. If you expect the courtesy of Mr. Rankin trimming his signature, why is it unreasonable for someone to ask you to use your real name? Or at least use an alias that appears legitimate. Community is built when people know who their peers are. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.comwrote: #1 I read nothing in the EULA about having to use my real first and last name. #2 I shouldn't have said that the LISTSERV should munge the long signature, I should have said that list owners should gently ask users not to use signatures that are incredibly long and useless. #3 I'm trying to make constructive suggestions that would help the community of this list...solutions that would cost members of the list
Re: list delays
Don't make me stop this car. Because I will and you can just sit there until you learn to behave. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Aww, but dad, we were having so much fun! On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.comwrote: I disconcur (unconcur, misconcur?) Over my also very long association with this and other techie lists (especially Peter's old Exchange list) I've found many, many things being taken offlist. Of course IIRC almost all of those things have involved consuming copious amount of adult beverages (and yes, we have actually caused certain bars to run out of specific brands of said beverages). Some of those offlist contacts have become lifelong friends (even unto death, RIP JRH, Mr. Houge, and Mr. Southworth). I've also worked with many of the same people either directly (various list members have worked for me before) or via various consulting arrangements. That being said, there are no masters here. There is no secret cabal. I've only seen personal types of comments when A) they are actually good friends with the person and are just yanking their chain, or B) that person has been such a douche bag that it appears that it's the only way to get them to listen (most still don't). Being a real person here has had a significant impact on my personal and professional life. If you think how you conduct yourself on some techie list doesn't matter, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is pretty much everyone I've personally encountered here and on other tech lists (probably 50-75 people) are very forgiving and welcoming people. My recommendation is to be a Real Person (tm) and consider the feedback people give you. It also helps if you buy a round when you do meet list members in person. (For those that are not adept at grasping the scope of my advice here, I'm NOT speaking to Mr. Harris. I'm addressing multiple other offenders here. I just happened to pick his message to reply to.) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: In all my years on this list I have never heard of anyone taking anything beyond the list unless it was a comment that did not belong on the list being sent directly to the email address of the subscribed individual usually then it help of some kind not attacks. BTW I go back to about 97 or 98 so that is a LONG time. Jon On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: I think your moniker is well-deserved - masters of the list is very cynical. I don't see it that way. And if anyone from this list saw fit to speak to my employer or attack me personally via telephone or snail mail, I'd see fit to go over to knock on their door and have it out with them. I come from a pretty grassroots place so if someone's out of order we tend to see nothing wrong with getting down on the cobbles, if necessary, and sorting it out. Each to their own. I don't think anyone here would do that, though. Maybe I'm naive geek, but I'm not worrying about it. IMHO, YMMV, usual disclaimers. Signature will soon be gone. Cheers, JR On 14 March 2012 15:53, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature, but to have to ignore it hundreds or thousands of times when it's including in replies by other people just doesn't make any sense to me. Butwhatever. You know I've considered using my real name on here several times. However, after seeing how a lot of the masters of this list treat the readers of the list, I'll never do it. The masters find enjoyment in berating and personally attacking readers of the list. I wouldn't put it past some or the masters to actually look somebody up and either A) call a list member's employer to complain, or B) personally attack (verbally) in real life over the phone, via snail mail, etc. This list is still useful but there is a lot of unprofessionalism that goes on that has nothing to do with my 'cynicalgeek' email address not using my real name. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature. It's also funny, so I tend to give it a pass. I've seen worse signatures with huge pictures, those are pretty objectionable. The list members have come down hard on people with huge graphics and whatnot in their signature. Is Mr Rankin's long? Yeah, but it's text and it doesn't stand out and cry for my attention, either. Turning this on its head. If you expect the courtesy of Mr. Rankin trimming his signature, why is it unreasonable for someone to ask you to use your real name? Or at least use an alias that appears legitimate. Community is built when people know who their peers are. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.comwrote: #1 I read nothing in the EULA about having to use my real first and last name. #2 I shouldn't
Re: list delays
pops some popcorn and grabs a seat On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.com wrote: And now somebody is filling out forms in my name and having local business call me for their services. Real pros on here. First porn, now you're making my phone ring with bogus requests. Real pros. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.comwrote: Don't make me stop this car. Because I will and you can just sit there until you learn to behave. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Aww, but dad, we were having so much fun! On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.comwrote: I disconcur (unconcur, misconcur?) Over my also very long association with this and other techie lists (especially Peter's old Exchange list) I've found many, many things being taken offlist. Of course IIRC almost all of those things have involved consuming copious amount of adult beverages (and yes, we have actually caused certain bars to run out of specific brands of said beverages). Some of those offlist contacts have become lifelong friends (even unto death, RIP JRH, Mr. Houge, and Mr. Southworth). I've also worked with many of the same people either directly (various list members have worked for me before) or via various consulting arrangements. That being said, there are no masters here. There is no secret cabal. I've only seen personal types of comments when A) they are actually good friends with the person and are just yanking their chain, or B) that person has been such a douche bag that it appears that it's the only way to get them to listen (most still don't). Being a real person here has had a significant impact on my personal and professional life. If you think how you conduct yourself on some techie list doesn't matter, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is pretty much everyone I've personally encountered here and on other tech lists (probably 50-75 people) are very forgiving and welcoming people. My recommendation is to be a Real Person (tm) and consider the feedback people give you. It also helps if you buy a round when you do meet list members in person. (For those that are not adept at grasping the scope of my advice here, I'm NOT speaking to Mr. Harris. I'm addressing multiple other offenders here. I just happened to pick his message to reply to.) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.comwrote: In all my years on this list I have never heard of anyone taking anything beyond the list unless it was a comment that did not belong on the list being sent directly to the email address of the subscribed individual usually then it help of some kind not attacks. BTW I go back to about 97 or 98 so that is a LONG time. Jon On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: I think your moniker is well-deserved - masters of the list is very cynical. I don't see it that way. And if anyone from this list saw fit to speak to my employer or attack me personally via telephone or snail mail, I'd see fit to go over to knock on their door and have it out with them. I come from a pretty grassroots place so if someone's out of order we tend to see nothing wrong with getting down on the cobbles, if necessary, and sorting it out. Each to their own. I don't think anyone here would do that, though. Maybe I'm naive geek, but I'm not worrying about it. IMHO, YMMV, usual disclaimers. Signature will soon be gone. Cheers, JR On 14 March 2012 15:53, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature, but to have to ignore it hundreds or thousands of times when it's including in replies by other people just doesn't make any sense to me. Butwhatever. You know I've considered using my real name on here several times. However, after seeing how a lot of the masters of this list treat the readers of the list, I'll never do it. The masters find enjoyment in berating and personally attacking readers of the list. I wouldn't put it past some or the masters to actually look somebody up and either A) call a list member's employer to complain, or B) personally attack (verbally) in real life over the phone, via snail mail, etc. This list is still useful but there is a lot of unprofessionalism that goes on that has nothing to do with my 'cynicalgeek' email address not using my real name. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature. It's also funny, so I tend to give it a pass. I've seen worse signatures with huge pictures, those are pretty objectionable. The list members have come down hard on people with huge graphics and whatnot in their signature. Is Mr Rankin's long? Yeah, but it's text and it doesn't stand out and cry for my attention, either. Turning this on its head
Re: list delays
Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future. The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see the light, the future is. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: A cynical person should've foreseen this occurring. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.comwrote: And now somebody is filling out forms in my name and having local business call me for their services. Real pros on here. First porn, now you're making my phone ring with bogus requests. Real pros. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.comwrote: Don't make me stop this car. Because I will and you can just sit there until you learn to behave. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Aww, but dad, we were having so much fun! On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.comwrote: I disconcur (unconcur, misconcur?) Over my also very long association with this and other techie lists (especially Peter's old Exchange list) I've found many, many things being taken offlist. Of course IIRC almost all of those things have involved consuming copious amount of adult beverages (and yes, we have actually caused certain bars to run out of specific brands of said beverages). Some of those offlist contacts have become lifelong friends (even unto death, RIP JRH, Mr. Houge, and Mr. Southworth). I've also worked with many of the same people either directly (various list members have worked for me before) or via various consulting arrangements. That being said, there are no masters here. There is no secret cabal. I've only seen personal types of comments when A) they are actually good friends with the person and are just yanking their chain, or B) that person has been such a douche bag that it appears that it's the only way to get them to listen (most still don't). Being a real person here has had a significant impact on my personal and professional life. If you think how you conduct yourself on some techie list doesn't matter, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is pretty much everyone I've personally encountered here and on other tech lists (probably 50-75 people) are very forgiving and welcoming people. My recommendation is to be a Real Person (tm) and consider the feedback people give you. It also helps if you buy a round when you do meet list members in person. (For those that are not adept at grasping the scope of my advice here, I'm NOT speaking to Mr. Harris. I'm addressing multiple other offenders here. I just happened to pick his message to reply to.) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.comwrote: In all my years on this list I have never heard of anyone taking anything beyond the list unless it was a comment that did not belong on the list being sent directly to the email address of the subscribed individual usually then it help of some kind not attacks. BTW I go back to about 97 or 98 so that is a LONG time. Jon On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: I think your moniker is well-deserved - masters of the list is very cynical. I don't see it that way. And if anyone from this list saw fit to speak to my employer or attack me personally via telephone or snail mail, I'd see fit to go over to knock on their door and have it out with them. I come from a pretty grassroots place so if someone's out of order we tend to see nothing wrong with getting down on the cobbles, if necessary, and sorting it out. Each to their own. I don't think anyone here would do that, though. Maybe I'm naive geek, but I'm not worrying about it. IMHO, YMMV, usual disclaimers. Signature will soon be gone. Cheers, JR On 14 March 2012 15:53, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature, but to have to ignore it hundreds or thousands of times when it's including in replies by other people just doesn't make any sense to me. Butwhatever. You know I've considered using my real name on here several times. However, after seeing how a lot of the masters of this list treat the readers of the list, I'll never do it. The masters find enjoyment in berating and personally attacking readers of the list. I wouldn't put it past some or the masters to actually look somebody up and either A) call a list member's employer to complain, or B) personally attack (verbally) in real life over the phone, via snail mail, etc. This list is still useful but there is a lot of unprofessionalism that goes on that has nothing to do with my 'cynicalgeek' email address not using my real name. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature. It's also funny, so I tend to give it a pass. I've seen worse signatures with huge pictures, those
Re: Worth some consideration...
Are you sure about that? The vast majority of security incidents happen on the inside of your network from known individuals. Also it was addressing offline brute force attacks. Most online systems have lockout policies and other countermeasures to limit exposure to brute force attacks. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.eduwrote: I'd rather have good passwords written down on a sticky note accessible only to a limited number of coworkers than bad passwords that can be exploited by any black-hat on the internet. Sent from my Windows Phone -- From: Heaton, Joseph@DFG Sent: 3/15/2012 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Worth some consideration... Wait… I’m NOT supposed to write my password on a sticky note? How am I supposed to let my coworker use my login, then? Joe Heaton ITB – Windows Server Support *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:49 AM *To:* Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Worth some consideration... That's an implementation problem. If I choose a passphrase of Mary had a little lamb then of course that will be relatively weak as passphrases go. That that is not an inherent weakness of passphrases, but of people. Lots of things are undermined by poor choices. Completely random 20 character passwords with a unicode character set are undermined by having them posted on sticky notes. We didn't need a whole article to point that out. *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…* On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/passphrases-only-marginally-more-secure-than-passwords-because-of-poor-choices.ars By Dan Goodin Ars Technica March 14, 2012 Passwords that contain multiple words aren't as resistant as some researchers expected to certain types of cracking attacks, mainly because users frequently pick phrases that occur regularly in everyday speech, a recently published paper concludes. Security managers have long regarded passphrases as an easy-to-remember way to pack dozens of characters into the string that must be entered to access online accounts or to unlock private encryption keys. The more characters, the thinking goes, the harder it is for attackers to guess or otherwise crack the code, since there are orders of magnitude more possible combinations. But a pair of computer scientists from Cambridge University has found that a significant percentage of passphrases used in a real-world scenario were easy to guess. Using a dictionary containing 20,656 phrases of movie titles, sports team names, and other proper nouns, they were able to find about 8,000 passphrases chosen by users of Amazon's now-defunct PayPhrase system. That's an estimated 1.13 percent of the available accounts. The promise of passphrases' increased entropy, it seems, was undone by many users' tendency to pick phrases that are staples of the everyday lexicon. Our results suggest that users aren't able to choose phrases made of completely random words, but are influenced by the probability of a phrase occurring in natural language, researchers Joseph Bonneau and Ekaterina Shutova wrote in the paper (PDF), which is titled Linguistic properties of multi-word passphrases. Examining the surprisingly weak distribution of phrases in natural language, we can conclude that even 4-word phrases probably provide less than 30 bits of security which is insufficient against offline attack, the paper says. [...] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body:
Security and social media
This article kicked off an interesting discussion on our IT management team about security and social networks. Not just the social engineering hack used here, but also monitoring for the impact of articles, comments, blog posts, etc. on a company and its reputation. Some of the questions included; Who's responsible for monitoring and reporting on this type of information? IT, HR, Legal, and Marketing are certainly all stakeholders. IT is clearly involved, but do they own the process? What kind of tools, if any, exist to address these kinds of needs. Can you roll your own toolset easily through Google searches that send notifications, LinkedIn queries, Twitter searches, etc? http://fox2now.com/2012/03/12/linkedin-is-a-hackers-dream-tool/ RSA has a couple of videos from last year about some of these issues. (disclaimer, I haven't watched these yet but plan on doing so). http://365.rsaconference.com/community/archive/usa/blog/tags/social_networks Thoughts, comments and sly remarks all welcome, as are links to additional information, videos, and seminars addressing these topics. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: FW: list delays
NORM! On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Jeesh - It's not like we are Anonymous or anything. Its like guys hanging out in a bar. It almost always very friendly, but can occasionally get demeaning when you deserve it. ;-) A long time ago on the list that preceded this on - I didnt used to use my real name either, and I got called-out on it :-) The world has been sorry ever since. -- Espi On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature, but to have to ignore it hundreds or thousands of times when it's including in replies by other people just doesn't make any sense to me. Butwhatever. You know I've considered using my real name on here several times. However, after seeing how a lot of the masters of this list treat the readers of the list, I'll never do it. The masters find enjoyment in berating and personally attacking readers of the list. I wouldn't put it past some or the masters to actually look somebody up and either A) call a list member's employer to complain, or B) personally attack (verbally) in real life over the phone, via snail mail, etc. This list is still useful but there is a lot of unprofessionalism that goes on that has nothing to do with my 'cynicalgeek' email address not using my real name. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: It's pretty easy to ignore a signature. It's also funny, so I tend to give it a pass. I've seen worse signatures with huge pictures, those are pretty objectionable. The list members have come down hard on people with huge graphics and whatnot in their signature. Is Mr Rankin's long? Yeah, but it's text and it doesn't stand out and cry for my attention, either. Turning this on its head. If you expect the courtesy of Mr. Rankin trimming his signature, why is it unreasonable for someone to ask you to use your real name? Or at least use an alias that appears legitimate. Community is built when people know who their peers are. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Cynicalgeek cynicalg...@gmail.com wrote: #1 I read nothing in the EULA about having to use my real first and last name. #2 I shouldn't have said that the LISTSERV should munge the long signature, I should have said that list owners should gently ask users not to use signatures that are incredibly long and useless. #3 I'm trying to make constructive suggestions that would help the community of this list...solutions that would cost members of the list NOTHING and improve the service of the list. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Don Ely don@gmail.com wrote: 1 demerit for you sir! On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: Now someone is either dreaming or you have had way too many beers tonight sir. Jon On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Don Ely don@gmail.com wrote: And while were at it, posts will only accepted by the listserv provided they contain the appropriate amount of research has been completed with references included! On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Gary Slinger ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Backup Software
Commvault. Nice product, unless you actually want support that matters. They not only told me the wrong information during a critical restore which destroyed a weeks worth of data, they were unapologetic about it and refused to take responsibility for the actions of their support tech. Am I bitter about it 5 years later? Darn straight I am. I promised them I would continue to describe their horrific support and total lack of customer care for as long as they remained in business and I remained part of the IT community. And unlike them I keep my promise. On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.ukwrote: Thanks Bob. I would suggest look at Commvault. I say that simple because we used to use ArcServe (admittedly we are talking some time back) and switched to it and I've never looked back. They do standard licensing and they also do a capacity license where you license the amount of data you want to backup (frontend) and you can use any mix of their agents to do it. The dedupe works really well and is source side so you really cut down on the amount of data going over the pipe to your HQ. They also do some rather funky synthetic full backups where you essentially do an initial proper full backup, and from that point onwards you only ever run incremental backups. The downside is that I think you're going to be pushing it at that budget, but end of year/quarter and the likes means you may be able do something - I would certainly be asking the question of a reseller. The bottom line is that dedupe and all the stuff to take away the problems you're having isn't cheap. Other vendors I'd look at would be HP Data Protector, DPM (no dedupe but seems to fit very well in an MS shop), and if I were going out today looking at backup software, I'd be really tempted to find out something about Unitrends - they have some interesting looking pricing models. -- *From:* Bob Hartung [bhart...@wiscoind.com] *Sent:* 17 November 2011 7:28 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Backup Software See below... -- Bob Hartung Dir of I.T. Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com -- *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com ] *Sent:* Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:51:41 -0600 *Subject:* RE: Backup Software With respect, I'm still not clear what you're looking to backup. Server backups. Is it all of the data, is it the subset of the data that's at the remote sites? I'd plan to back each server up to its local location and periodically replicate. I'd replicate bidirectionally between the Main and Cross-Town locations and replicate from the Out-of-State back to the Main location. The plan is to only backup what's changed since the last backup. Most of the backup solutions I've looked at have utilities to compress the incremental backups into fewer files to reduce the total number of files. You have 3tb available in each location, is that 3tb you could backup to, or are you saying it's 3tb of potential source data in each location? Just mentioning that to say my budget does not need to cover additional storage space. Are the servers file servers, Exchange servers, SQL servers? If so, what is the data split? No Exchange but we do use MySQL which I run data dumps on daily. What do you do now for backup? Arcserve using disk-to-disk-to-tape. Generally, I'd suggest moving to d2d2t but use source side dedupe and technologies like synthetic fulls to cut down your backup window. Personally I'm still a fan of tape for the stick it in a safe factor, tape libraries (kind of) solve the forgot to change the tape thing, and if you're doing d2d2t having a tape in a library is less important as your backups will still run. I don't really have any archival requirements. My main concerns are being able to quickly restore downed servers, reduce or eliminate the backup window and reduce or eliminate the use of tapes and depending on people at the remote site to put the right tape in, if they remember to do it at all. -- *From:* Bob Hartung [bhart...@wiscoind.com] *Sent:* 17 November 2011 6:20 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software We have 3 locations with 10 servers Main Location: (7) Windows 2003 and (1) Windows 2008 servers | | | | Wireless BridgeVPN (36Mb x 36MB) (3MB x 384K) | | |
Re: Backup Software
ps. In all fairness they did give me a nice T-shirt. I still use it to this day. I cut it intoseveral pieces and I use them to clean the toilet each week at home. Thanks Commvault. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.comwrote: Commvault. Nice product, unless you actually want support that matters. They not only told me the wrong information during a critical restore which destroyed a weeks worth of data, they were unapologetic about it and refused to take responsibility for the actions of their support tech. Am I bitter about it 5 years later? Darn straight I am. I promised them I would continue to describe their horrific support and total lack of customer care for as long as they remained in business and I remained part of the IT community. And unlike them I keep my promise. On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk wrote: Thanks Bob. I would suggest look at Commvault. I say that simple because we used to use ArcServe (admittedly we are talking some time back) and switched to it and I've never looked back. They do standard licensing and they also do a capacity license where you license the amount of data you want to backup (frontend) and you can use any mix of their agents to do it. The dedupe works really well and is source side so you really cut down on the amount of data going over the pipe to your HQ. They also do some rather funky synthetic full backups where you essentially do an initial proper full backup, and from that point onwards you only ever run incremental backups. The downside is that I think you're going to be pushing it at that budget, but end of year/quarter and the likes means you may be able do something - I would certainly be asking the question of a reseller. The bottom line is that dedupe and all the stuff to take away the problems you're having isn't cheap. Other vendors I'd look at would be HP Data Protector, DPM (no dedupe but seems to fit very well in an MS shop), and if I were going out today looking at backup software, I'd be really tempted to find out something about Unitrends - they have some interesting looking pricing models. -- *From:* Bob Hartung [bhart...@wiscoind.com] *Sent:* 17 November 2011 7:28 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Backup Software See below... -- Bob Hartung Dir of I.T. Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com -- *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] *Sent:* Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:51:41 -0600 *Subject:* RE: Backup Software With respect, I'm still not clear what you're looking to backup. Server backups. Is it all of the data, is it the subset of the data that's at the remote sites? I'd plan to back each server up to its local location and periodically replicate. I'd replicate bidirectionally between the Main and Cross-Town locations and replicate from the Out-of-State back to the Main location. The plan is to only backup what's changed since the last backup. Most of the backup solutions I've looked at have utilities to compress the incremental backups into fewer files to reduce the total number of files. You have 3tb available in each location, is that 3tb you could backup to, or are you saying it's 3tb of potential source data in each location? Just mentioning that to say my budget does not need to cover additional storage space. Are the servers file servers, Exchange servers, SQL servers? If so, what is the data split? No Exchange but we do use MySQL which I run data dumps on daily. What do you do now for backup? Arcserve using disk-to-disk-to-tape. Generally, I'd suggest moving to d2d2t but use source side dedupe and technologies like synthetic fulls to cut down your backup window. Personally I'm still a fan of tape for the stick it in a safe factor, tape libraries (kind of) solve the forgot to change the tape thing, and if you're doing d2d2t having a tape in a library is less important as your backups will still run. I don't really have any archival requirements. My main concerns are being able to quickly restore downed servers, reduce or eliminate the backup window and reduce or eliminate the use of tapes and depending on people at the remote site to put the right tape in, if they remember to do it at all. -- *From:* Bob Hartung [bhart...@wiscoind.com] *Sent:* 17 November 2011 6:20 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Backup Software We have 3 locations with 10 servers Main Location: (7) Windows 2003 and (1) Windows 2008 servers
Re: Whitelisting Pros Cons?
Clearly these results are flawed if McAfee Anything gets higher than a -3 in any category. :-) On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.comwrote: Thanks Micheal. Anyone experience with any of the Whitelisting products in this InfoWorld Review? ** ** http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/test-center-review-whitelisting-security-offers-salvation-835? ** ** ** ** *Bit9 Parity Suite 5.01* *10* *8* *9* *9* *10* *9.4* *EXCELLENT* *30%* *15%* *25%* *10%* *20%* *CoreTrace Bouncer 5* *9* *9* *9* *8* *9* *8.9* *VERY GOOD* *30%* *15%* *25%* *10%* *20%* *Lumension Application Control* *8* *9* *8* *9* *9* *8.5* *VERY GOOD* *30%* *15%* *25%* *10%* *20%* *McAfee Application Control 5.0* *9* *9* *9* *8* *8* *8.7* *VERY GOOD* *30%* *15%* *25%* *10%* *20%* *SignaCert Enterprise Trust Services 3.0* ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2011 5:10 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Whitelisting Pros Cons? ** ** Whitelisting is the future IMHO. You cant trust anything anymore. Faith doesnt cut it. You have to protect yourself and your assets, and whitelisting is the best way to do it. -- Espi ** ** ** ** On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: I'm referring to Whitelisting in the context of security. About 10 years ago, the ratio Good code versus malware was perhaps 90 good 10 bad. In that scenario, it makes sense to keep the bad code out. But over the last 10 years, with automated malware variant generation, the tables have turned, and there is actually more malware than good code out there. So in -that- scenario it might make sense to only allow good code and implement application control. Only that which is allowed, will run. I'd like your feedback - input - discussion on this ! Warm regards, Stu -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Whitelisting Pros Cons? Are you asking about web content filtering, email filtering, or some other type of whitelisting? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:14:57 -0800 Subject: Whitelisting Pros Cons? Guys, I am writing an article for WServerNews, and would like your public input. What is your experience with Whitelisting, which products you tried/use, and what experience you are having with this, likes and hates are all welcome !! Warm regards, Stu ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ** ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Dell PowerConnect iSCSI
Isn't germane one of the Jackson 5?
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote:
Gotta give me points for at least trying to make it germane…
** **
-sc
** **
*From:* Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com]
*Sent:* Monday, August 08, 2011 6:06 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Dell PowerConnect iSCSI
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That’s a stretch there Steve for not being way OT: J
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Wow do let us know how it goes. I don’t use power connect switches anymore
but I have plenty of equallogics.
Good luck.
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dave
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*From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
*Sent:* Monday, August 08, 2011 3:44 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Dell PowerConnect iSCSI
** **
Just to advise the list:
** **
Dell has pulled their 4.x.x.x versions of firmware for their 10Gb
PowerConnect switches. There are known issues with flow control, and they
can fail under high load after having been in service for extended periods
of time.
** **
This is particularly triggered in iSCSI environments. In our case it was
Dell’s own EqualLogic SAN’s that killed them for us. For some time the
EqualLogic and PowerConnect groups disagreed on which firmware was “good”.
We finally got them to talk and v3.1.4.16 has their blessing.
** **
Of course, the syntax was changed significantly between v3.x.x.x and
4.x.x.x, thus if you are already at 4 you cannot export your current
configuration and re-import on the downgraded v3 chassis. You must manually
reconfigure.
** **
Here’s pulling for a successful downgrade tonight…
** **
-sc
** **
PS- I claim this is NT related because we have NT boxen mounting iSCSI
LUN’s via these switches J
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Re: Ted
Quick, Send Amit in to clear the clogged Jeffries Tube! On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: Hmm... attempting to RSS the entire interweb is failing. Must be a clogged tube. -sc -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ted On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: Maybe ted needs to be unsubscribed from the list... s/list/Internet/ Wait... there's a subscription service?? Net feeds ain't free. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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Re: OT: Promotional thumb drives
These come highly recommended. *http://tinyurl.com/4lb5esy* On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:15 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: I found a thread awhile back about purchasing USB thumb drives for promotional purposes. There were two vendors recommended: buymemory.comand promolocker.com. Any other vendors y'all would recommend? I'm thinking we might want to get our logo printed on 'em and, even better would be if we could get 'em pre-loaded with like an HTML file promoting our latest products. :-) Anyway, I probably won't be the final decision maker, but I'd like to get recommendations from my peers of vendors they have worked with before on this sort of thing. Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: QUICK question... A/C adapters
It's not just his ego that's insufferable.. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:06 PM, William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.comwrote: Don't encourage -sc...his ego is insufferable as it is. ;) - WJR On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 15:51, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: +1 SC is dead on here. Match the voltage (and the polarity, if DC), and match or exceed the current rating (amps) or the power rating (watts) and you'll be fine. Typically (for barrell connectors, anyway, you'll find that the size of the connector has to do with the voltage and or amperage of the supply. On a related note, I always appreciate when one of my computer geek colleagues quotes Ohm's law. or Kirchhoff's law... The sum of the currents entering a circuit equal the sum of the currents exiting the circuit. Jonathan On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: No, Ben is correct here. The resistive load (simplifying, as most modern load have inductive or capacitive components in addition to purely resistive loads), is heat will determine how much he current draw will be. Ohms law tells us I = V/R I-current V=voltage R=resistance Therefore if your supply voltage(V) is 14 volts, and the load resistance(R) is 7 ohms, then the current draw (I) will be 2 amps. Thus your power supply must be capable of supplying at LEAST 2 amps[1], it may be able to supply more, but the system would simply never draw it. A 500A power supply would no more require the load to “dissipate more heat” it than a 2A power supply would. -sc [1] And incidentally, power (W) = V*A. Therefore our theoretical power supply in this case would be supply 28W of power[2]. I not this because power supplies are often capable of varying voltage and/or are rated in watts. [2] Ignoring power efficiency factors for the moment. *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2011 1:07 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: QUICK question... A/C adapters It would depend on whether you can trust the resistor to dissapate the extra heat generated by additional current. It's not something I would do over the long term... On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Jim Holmgren jholmg...@xlhealth.com wrote: Matt, I believe you are correct. Also not an EE, but in about 10 years of working for RadioShack, that was the mantra. The device will only draw the amperage it needs, but it must have the correct voltage. Jim Jim Holmgren Senior Manager, Infrastructure Services XLHealth Corporation The Warehouse at Camden Yards 351 West Camden Street, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21201 410.625.2200 (main) 443.524.8573 (direct) 443-506.2400 (cell) www.xlhealth.com -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters I am not an electrical engineer, so please do not take this as power supply advice: I have been told that as long as the voltage is correct, you can go over on the amperage with your PS. So, if you have something that requires 9V, 1 amp PS, and you have a 9 volt, 2 amp... you're good to go. The device will only pull as much amperage as it requires. Voltage is specific, as I'm told. Don't mess with it. AC and DC don't mix, etc, etc... Again, don't use this as any kind of real advice. Somebody with real electrical engineering experience can verify or tell me I've been told wrong. Sm:)e. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:32:57 -0800 Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters I go with 3rd party when there is a significant cost savings. Case in point, we use a particular print server. The power supplies are notorious for going bad. We cannot purchase the OEM power supplies alone and the entire package runs about $120. I found replacement power supplies for $7.50 online. Just make sure that the voltage, current, polarity, and the connector size all match up! I have been known to go slightly higher in the current capacity so they don't run as hot. Note that I said slightly. -Paul -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters Thanks guys... I'll keep monitoring, although it sounds like the consensus of opinion so far is that 3rd party is OK. :-) -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters *grabbs the
Re: HP P1102
Perhaps Mr Aldrich has a suggestion. John? On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Yes. It leaves grey all over the page (two printers, three different cartridges). HP's solution is to turn printer density down to its lowest setting (which I had already done). It just makes the grey a little less noticeable. I'm familiar with the root causes of this condition from my DP publishing days, and I'm just convinced that it is junk. The purpose of one of these was to print labels on binders which would be presented to clients, so clearly unacceptable for this application. The other one is not an issue because it won't be used on deliverables. So, since I suck at selecting printers, anyone care to recommend a small footprint laser printer for printing labels, because one of these is going back. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Shauna Hensala she...@msn.com wrote: POS? Shauna Hensala -- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:54:07 -0500 Subject: HP P1102 From: jonathan.l...@gmail.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com PSA Don't buy this printer. /PSA ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Today is the end of the line for me,
Yeah, cut him some slack. It's not like he asked about PDF readers..again, or something like that. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure if you're chiding him in fun or not, but if you aren't.Dude - he changed the subject line completely. He obviously had a bad day/week. Give the guy a break. So he forgot to delete the email below. There have been far worse things committed on this list. If you WERE chiding him in fun, well, put a smiley or something. In the voice of Napoleon Dynamite, GOSH! :-) Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 17, 2011 11:22 PM, Jim McAtee j...@zolx.com wrote: A security engineer who doesn't even know how to start a new discussion on an email list? Sure. - Original Message - From: Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:17 PM Subject: Today is the end of the line for me, I think after this day I have come to the conclusion is time to move on, if there is companies in the RI/MASS/CT area looking for a security engineer, please contact me at the email below. If the distance is under 1.5 hrs I am game. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend Every SBS site I manage has two servers just to offload some of that ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Today is the end of the line for me,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMmjSE_d6J0 On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:05 PM, William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.comwrote: You owe me another monitor cleaning Doug. - WJR On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 09:07, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.comwrote: Yeah, cut him some slack. It's not like he asked about PDF readers..again, or something like that. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure if you're chiding him in fun or not, but if you aren't.Dude - he changed the subject line completely. He obviously had a bad day/week. Give the guy a break. So he forgot to delete the email below. There have been far worse things committed on this list. If you WERE chiding him in fun, well, put a smiley or something. In the voice of Napoleon Dynamite, GOSH! :-) Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 17, 2011 11:22 PM, Jim McAtee j...@zolx.com wrote: A security engineer who doesn't even know how to start a new discussion on an email list? Sure. - Original Message - From: Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:17 PM Subject: Today is the end of the line for me, I think after this day I have come to the conclusion is time to move on, if there is companies in the RI/MASS/CT area looking for a security engineer, please contact me at the email below. If the distance is under 1.5 hrs I am game. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend Every SBS site I manage has two servers just to offload some of that ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
Because if you don't, you'll end up asking endless questions about PDF readers. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Sean Rector sean.rec...@vaopera.orgwrote: RTFM??? Why on earth would I want to do that??? Sean Rector, MCSE *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:46 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy C:\Windows\System32\dcgpofix.exe READ THE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE YOU USE IT. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:44 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy I’d love a copy of those scripts – can you point us to them? The DDP was modified before I got here. I’ve been modifying GP using individual GPO’s but I’d really like to have DDP reset. Sean Rector, MCSE *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:41 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy Good plan. DDP should be left alone in my humble opinion. MS support has some scripts to reset it to default after you get done. *From:* Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:39 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy I agree. Reviewing that policy shows no settings regarding Proxy. There’s not a lot of settings in the DDP, so I’m going to push the idea of creating a smaller number of GPOs to replace it with. *Don Guyer* Windows Systems Engineer Datasafe Platform Fiserv Enterprise Technology *Fiserv* don.gu...@fiserv.com Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:34 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy Then there has to be a setting in the DDP that is overwriting it. *From:* Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:32 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy Just did that. Proxy is there when denying DDP, not there after I took out the explicit deny. *Don Guyer* Windows Systems Engineer Datasafe Platform Fiserv Enterprise Technology *Fiserv* don.gu...@fiserv.com Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:27 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy Can you get a machine in the remote location into a test OU and go from there? *From:* Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:25 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy Yes, I’m following. The issue we’re having is we’re trying to configure Internet proxy settings in one domain, where the physical hardware is at 2 different locations. The new GPOs for these Proxies are not working, at the OU level. There are no settings in the DDP for Proxy. I just explicitly denied my user account Read and Apply access to the DDP and the Proxy settings are there. That means that even though there are no proxy settings in the DDP, it is somehow overriding. Thx, *Don Guyer* Windows Systems Engineer Datasafe Platform Fiserv Enterprise Technology *Fiserv* don.gu...@fiserv.com Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:17 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy If you unenforce a GPO, subsequent GPO's can overwrite the settings. That's the actually meaning of enforced, not allowing settings to be overwritten by GPO's in OU's below the GPO which is enforced. Does that make sense? It does to me, but I have a head cold and a lack of sleep trying to get something done... On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Guyer, Don don.gu...@fiserv.com wrote: Everyone, We are troubleshooting a GPO issue and would like to remove the enforced setting on our Default Domain Policy GPO. I am just looking for assurance that this will not break anything, or remove it from being applied to OUs that it is currently applied to. Thx, *Don Guyer* Windows Systems Engineer Datasafe Platform Fiserv Enterprise Technology *Fiserv* don.gu...@fiserv.com Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/
Re: free PDF printer
But searching the archives would have revealed he already asked the same question back in November. And how embarrassing would that be to discover you're just repeating yourself and suffer from CRS[1]? [1] Can't Remember .Stuff On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Please apologize for wasting my time as well. Thank you. If you want a consensus, next time try searching the archives first. -- ME2 On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:04 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Well my *thought* was, I'd try the first thing I could find on download.com that had the highest rating and if that didn't work, I'd use whatever the consensus of opinion on the list was. Sorry for bothering YOU, Erik. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: free PDF printer I'm amazed that you even bothered the list for something you needed an immediate answer for, and would not wait for even the quickest of replies ... Wolf ! Wolf ! Wolf ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: free PDF printer Yep. As I said, the user was completely down. Her email crashed as soon as she opened it. According to Microsoft, the problem was an incompatibility with Adobe Creator. So, I grabbed the highest rated (by both users and CNET editors) PDF creator app and installed it. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: free PDF printer In the NINE minutes from when you posted your question to when I posted the link ??? (sigh) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: free PDF printer I'd already installed the other one... :-) -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: free PDF printer Hope what you found works for you, but I'm confused ... It was quicker to go to search CNet than click the link for PDFCreator in my reply ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: free PDF printer Well I was in a hurry so I went to CNET Downloads and found PDF Redirect. I'm gonna give that a shot and if it doesn't make the user happy, I'll try PDF Creator. PDF Redirect had the best reviews for both CNET Editors and end-users so hopefully it'll work ok. From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: free PDF printer +1 for PDF Creator. Jim Holmgren Senior Manager, Infrastructure Services XLHealth Corporation The Warehouse at Camden Yards 351 West Camden Street, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21201 410.625.2200 (main) 443.524.8573 (direct) 443-506.2400 (cell) www.xlhealth.com From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: free PDF printer I have been using PDF Creator with good success for some time now. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:22 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: What do you guys like for creating PDFs? ISTR that someone recommended PrimoPDF. Is that still a good one or is there something better? It appears one of my users is having problems with incompatibility between her Outlook (2000) and Adobe Acrobat. WHY it's just now showing up is a mystery to me, but it is Anyway, if ya'll could let me know what you think is the best FREE PDF maker, I'd appreciate it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:
Re: Skype
My top three security concerns. 1. Internet Explorer 2. Google Chrome 3. Firefox and 4. Users .and those are my top 4 security concerns on my network... On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: ***Does this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_security#Flaws_and_potential_flaws) not give plenty for a reasonable person to worry about?* Some pause, sure. Plenty to worry about? No, unless you also prohibit internet access for the folks in your organization, since some of these are generic to internet connectivity and standard web services use (xss flaws, etc) More importantly, none of the flaws outlined in the article are newer than 2008. Not to say there aren't any new ones, but they've updated the list at least 3 times this year, but with flaws from 2008 or earlier. There are ways to mitigate supernode access, and some of the other functionality of Skype in an environment. Define the threat and determine if there is sufficient mitigation or workarounds available to handle it vs the benefits that might be derived from the tools usage. Back in 2006, we voted against its usage within our organization based on the proposed use case. Today, the technology is far more robust (the recent meltdown notwithstanding) and the tools for mitigating VoIP risks in general are more prevalent and mature. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Among my concerns is that skype is a P2P technology - in itself not such a big deal, normally - and that skype data transits all manner of end-user machines not under anyone's control (certainly in many cases not in the control of the putative owner). It also is intrusive in that according to the EULA it basically owns your machine for its own purposes, including auditing your hardware configuration and allowing inbound network traffic that you don't control. All aspects of computer and network security for our company is my focus, though it's not my full time job - or is that not the question you were asking? Does this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_security#Flaws_and_potential_flaws) not give plenty for a reasonable person to worry about? Kurt On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:25, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: What's your main concern with Skype? What aspect of security is your focus? ASB (My XeeSM Profile) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: This is pretty old, but I'm now being forced to allow skype on our network, and I'm pretty unhappy about it.. Ken, is your firm still allowing skype, and if so, can you speak to what your security folks did to make themselves happy about allowing skype? Has anyone else here done a security review that gave them a decision one way or the other about allowing it? Kurt On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 08:12, Ken Cornetet ken.corne...@kimball.com wrote: We are deploying it here to a few users. I’m using group policy to turn off being a supernode, downloads, listening on tcp ports, and 3rd party access to the Skype API. Our security folks reviewed it and are happy. From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Skype Has anyone looked at Skype recently? We’ve got a client that wants us to use Skype for communications with them. I’ve always been a little leery of using them in a business environment, but looking at it now, I see they have a MSI download for easy deployment and a group policy template for central administration of settings. It all looks pretty cool. While the security guy in me wants to say no, I’m having a hard time finding a reason not to say OK. I’m curious what the members of this esteemed group think about it …Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: videos from hulu
Seriously? Why not just point a video camera at the monitor? On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:23 PM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com wrote: You may have to get creative (microphone placed in front of speakers perhaps), but it can! -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: videos from hulu Snagit won't pick up the audio, will it? -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: videos from hulu You can try the program SnagIt I've had reasonably good success with it. http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/ -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: videos from hulu So, there are some videos on hulu (Good Eats holiday recipes, actually, like http://www.hulu.com/watch/179670/good-eats-ultimate-mashed-potatoes) I'd like to get digitally and save. Any easy/reasonable way to do that? Thanks. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: OT: DataMax thermal printers
Turns out that DataMax Thermal printers quickly wear out if they have to print excessively large and annoying eMail signatures. Has anyone there been doing this? If so I'd go for the large LCD screen then. Otherwise you won't be able to see the entire sig. On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:14 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Hey, everyone… We have a DMX-600 here that the print head is going bad quickly. According to the manufacturer, that model is discontinued and parts aren’t even available for it any longer. According to our VAR, the replacement is an H-6308. There are apparently two configurations for this, one with a large vertical LCD panel and one with a smaller, horizontal LCD panel. I don’t know if there is any functional difference between the two versions. My guess is that there is not. Does anyone on this list have any experience with this printer? Feel free to email me off-list if you’d like. Our VAR says that the tall LCD version isn’t going to be available until the end of this month, but we can get the small-LCD version within a week. I just need to know if there is any real difference between the two besides the LCD size. J Thanks.. [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadminimage002.jpgimage001.jpg
Re: Consultants
Where Partners = EMC owns VMWare. 2010/9/29 Wilhelm, Scott swilh...@mcs.k12.ny.us If you have have a VMware environment, EMC might be a good choice too since they are now partners. Regards, Scott --- Scott Wilhelm Computer Technician Massena Central School District St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES (315) 764-3700 ext. 3046 *“The harder I work, the luckier I get. “* -Samuel Goldwyn * * ***Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. -*Vince Lombardi *From:* William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:09 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Consultants Or Dell/EMC for that matter. They have lots of consultant expertise, as well as the hardware. - WJR On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 13:06, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Answering your question. have you considered Hitachi? On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Dude... On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:49 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I got a call from an IBM reseller in the region wanting to sell me a SAN. I advised that I had decided to step back and look for a consultant to help me figure out what my needs are. At that point the sales droid advised that they were also consultants. My first instinct is to tell them to go jump, as it seems like it would be a huge conflict of interest and they are probably going to tell me I need to buy a SAN, specifically an IBM SAN. What is the opinion of you folks on the list about hiring consultants? Do you worry about conflict of interest such as this or do you just hire someone? I'm tempted to just hire one of the fellow list members (assuming I can get authorization) who offered their services, as they seem to be *just* D/R consultants and are not going to have an axe to grind. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Calculating SAN TCO?
Substance abuse? On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Don Ely don@gmail.com wrote: I try to provide substance every once in awhile... On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: What a mensch! On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Don Ely don@gmail.com wrote: Oh good grief, here's a list for starters... - Look at inititial cost for the hardware, this part should be simple - The cost of support annually, you'll want annual maintenance and it would serve you well to know what those costs are long term - Scalability for your environment, since storage is tiered these days, you will want to know how well your chosen solution can scale for the business needs - Life Cycle of the hardware, some vendors EOL their stuff pretty quickly forcing you into a hardware refresh or increased support costs, see bullet #2 above - Ask for customer references, it's always nice to hear from others how they feel about their purchase, its usability and their regrets - And the hardest one of all... Management of the SAN, some vendors will let you try before you buy... And until you manage your own SAN, you have no idea how easy or difficult it will be. On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk wrote: Jonathan, relatively new yet but I know it's a bit of a sticking point and I've no intention of this being a what SAN thread, however the cheapest to buy isn't necessarily the cheapest over a longer term - that's what I'm asking, how the heck do you begin to try and work the long term costs out (money out the door, not talking things like my time). ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Calculating SAN TCO?
She stole the idea from Sponge Bob. On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: It’s in honor of Ms.Perry… whom, by the way, I think sings a dang catchy tune. -sc *From:* William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:38 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Calculating SAN TCO? Is this misspelling of girls like when they change the spelling of crab to krab? Cause I'm not big on imitation anything. :) - WJR On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:35, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: California Gurls. -sc *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Calculating SAN TCO? They're squiggly gurls... On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:28 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: You make an excellent argument for EMC. But then again, they did cause the government of Virginia to shut down. So, those gurls had better be VERY special and VERY pretty. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us *From:* Amit Hanji [mailto:amit.ha...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:20 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Calculating SAN TCO? Hello my friend, I have to be having an most special method for the selecting of SAN's. And this method be working for most different IT things as well. Since TCO's from their selves are almost being wrong and lies, I buy from best vendor with most good swag. Golf and diiner eating are very special, but EMC is most best because if looking at Big Frame system, they send special pretty gurls to my room. Most excellant winning vendor. UR friend, Amit On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk wrote: I'll hold my hands up to being a techie and not good at this sort of stuff. I'm looking at different SAN vendors, all of whom will essentially do what we need. There are differences i.e. frame vs. node based, and of course each vendor can show me a presentation that shows they are cheaper than everyone else over X years. Does anyone have a spreadsheet or can share some fairly reliable means of working these claims out? I can sit down in front of Excel and try and come up with some numbers based on things such as cost per Tb but if anyone has been there and got the tee shirt and would be willing to share the base document I'd be very grateful. Thanks. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:
Re: Consultants
Until it actually breaks and the CEO is screaming about it not being back up and running. On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I'll remind you that you said the CEO said you have a few days to restore data in the event of a disaster... You don't have any requirement to ensure data is always available... On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Because, as has been drilled into me on this list, I don’t really know what I *need* from a D/R perspective. I'm looking to get an independent consultant to help me figure that out. I know what I'd *like* and I think it could do the job, but that may not be the most effective method of ensuring the data is always available. :-) My original thinking was get 2 SANs and mirror them, but then I wasn't sure that the bandwidth would be there, so after getting pummeled here trying to get folks on this list to do the heavy lifting for me, I've decided the proper thing to do is hire an independent 3rd party to come up with a D/R plan. -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: Consultants Not sure if it differs in the US but I'm a bit unsure why you're talking about hiring consultants? Why not just invite in a bunch of VAR's, go through your needs and ask them to quote on a solution? And to echo others thoughts, manufacturers will obviously have an agenda, resellers will have an agenda (to sell you something just from a bit wider pool), and even the best meaning consultant will have a certain bias based off what they're familiar with (not to say it won't be a good solution, but you take the point). I wouldn't expect you to have to be paying anyone a bean to get some detailed options. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Small server
How very 2001 of them. Are they also unsure of those new fangled SAN's everyone keeps talking about? Actually I had one of the Development Manager here tell me that SQL Server on a VM was 30% slower than on a comparable physical machine. I asked him to provide supporting evidence of said statement. I'm still waiting for his response a month later.. In the meantime I'm getting ready to move our SQL cluster off of a couple of blades and into vSphere VMs. On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: +1 We have developers HERE that insist on using physical machines because of the unknown a VM brings to them….is it really too much to ask for a programmer to understand the generalities of a VM? Dave *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:45 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Small server Yep. Because they are afraid of the implications. I've even had vendors tell me that when their internal tech folks are running the app in VMs. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: A lot of vendors say that about their apps. Some of our apps aren't supported in VM's, either. I still call them when I have problems, and they still fix the problems. In no case has virtualization been a problem. In one case, I had a rep remote into my session to assist, he never knew it was a VM. On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:11 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Ok. Back to the drawing board. I emailed Kronos support and they say that TKC is NOT supported on virtual server. :-( I suppose I could lie to them and create a virtual server and install it there anyway, but it may be better to just either switch to a different time and attendance product or buy a physical server. :-( -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small server And why the hate for Software RAID? Let me be more specific: What is your definition of Software RAID? Window's built in RAID capabilities? (100% Software RAID) ...or... Inexpensive Host RAID? These are usually built into chipsets or cheap RAID cards. (Mostly software) If we're talking Window's built in software RAID, I would agree: Avoid at all costs. I have not had much experience with it, but the little I did have was disappointing... Not to mention the general dislike by the tech community of MS's RAIDs. The Host RAIDs are hit and miss, mostly miss. I have had good experience with Intel's RAID chipsets, but usually not for anything more than a RAID 1. The recent Matrix RAID chipsets from intel have been excellent. Also, the overhead from running a Host Raid is not as bad as it used to be. Hard drive speeds have increased, but not at the scale of CPU power. So for a small server like what John asked, I would definitely consider it. But if a real RAID solution was only $100 more, I'd skip Host RAID and go for it. But we all know most real hardware RAIDs are not that cheap. It all depends on what you're willing to spend. Now, if we were talking Linux, I'd be recommending software RAID over everything but the highest-end RAID controllers. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:19:00 -0700 Subject: Re: Small server curious, why do you shun SATA ? On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:14 AM, James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com wrote: Kind of important software. I would make sure the server was hardware RAID1 with 2 hot swap SAS drives NOT SATA at a minimum just for the redundancy. No software RAID. Whats wrong with SCSI? James - Original Message - From: John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:08 AM Subject: RE: Small server Sorry. I guess I should have specified this is for Kronos Time Keeper Central. Server hardware requirements are very basic. It has to be capable of running Windows 2000. It's not a very resource-intensive software. It's got a small DB and has to be capable of allowing multiple people to access it over the network (via client software loaded on their machine) The machine that's currently running the time and attendance software is a P4 2.8Ghz with 2 Gig of RAM running Windows 2000. My main problem is that it's running off a single HDD, and a SCSI drive at that. Cut/paste from the system requirements document: 750 Mhz+ 1 Gigabyte NT4 ,
Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?
I'm installing a 35 TB Lefthand (now HP) SAN in 3 weeks. Will that work? On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:20 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: What SAN are we going to store the signature on? Would we use a Cisco or HP switch? Cheers Ken *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 September 2010 10:53 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server? I thought Real Networks was in contention in that it was a “neutral” codec with no affiliation with either MS or Apple? -sc *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:25 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server? I think we had established that Quicktime was the preferred solution at this stage. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Jim McAtee j...@zolx.com wrote: You're joking, right? You had me going for a second there. - Original Message - From: Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:40 AM Subject: Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server? Do any of these solutions have an option to insert excessively large eMails signatures into them automatically? I'm still looking for a solution that will attach a Flash based video to every eMail we send. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?
Do any of these solutions have an option to insert excessively large eMails signatures into them automatically? I'm still looking for a solution that will attach a Flash based video to every eMail we send. On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:32 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: How about HotPop.com? Or Google? Google will host your domain emails for you, I believe. Also, SpamCop.Net (webmail.spamcop.net) will host your email for about $25/year/mailbox, I think… including spam / virus filtering and spam reporting, if you like. [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2] *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2010 11:04 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server? We have a few dozen domains that are non-critical that I don’t want to host on our internal Exchange system (mostly political some technical reasons i.e. I don’t want some of the users anywhere near my LAN). Most of them only have the need for abuse@ and postmaster@ to be configured, but a few of the domains have some aliases setup and a couple of them have some POP3 mailboxes. I’ve tried hmailserver and mailenable on one of our DMZ boxes and each does the job whilst each has its quirks (I’m leaning towards hmailserver right now). Any suggestions on anything else that is cheap/free and easy to configure? -- *MIRA Ltd* Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 114 5409 96 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadminimage002.jpgimage001.jpg
Re: Email retention
Eleventyfour. Or whatever the Senior Management team decides. SOX does not equal privately held company. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:04 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: What's the standard for email retention for companies which are NOT publicly traded? What's the SOX rules on email retention? I just helped one of our managers open some Outlook data files dating back to 2007 which got me thinking about the wisdom of retaining information that long and I wasn't sure what the norm is for retaining that info. Thanks... Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?
I'm still researching in all the In Flight magazines for the best solution. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I think we had established that Quicktime was the preferred solution at this stage. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Jim McAtee j...@zolx.com wrote: You're joking, right? You had me going for a second there. - Original Message - From: Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:40 AM Subject: Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server? Do any of these solutions have an option to insert excessively large eMails signatures into them automatically? I'm still looking for a solution that will attach a Flash based video to every eMail we send. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Assistance with eMail footers
I'm deeply, deeply hurt by your manufactured lies and half truths. Why would you falsely accuse me of such a terrible thing? I have many highly respected personal references, among them Martin Blackstone, Max Tork, and Amit Hanji. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.eduwrote: Are you guys seriously still falling for this obvious troll? *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:56 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers I think you will find they are trying to help you say No this is a very bad idea to the bosses. As at least one pointed out some companies will block or kill your emails as JUNK or SPAM when it comes in. Others are pointing out that putting that stuff into email will require specific codecs or player to run. Keep in mind by the end of the day like you their nerves are stretched to the breaking point due to ID10T issues caused but people much like your boss is trying to be. Putting that kind of stuff into a footer will eat up disk space on the mail server and/or client machines and I could forsee most of it getting deleted very quickly for that reason only. Jon On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Doug Hampshire dhampsh...@gmail.com wrote: Why have you all hijacked my thread? I was seeking some actual help with this. We are a company focused primarily on Merger and Acquisition activities and the owner wants to include a video (I recommended Flash but he insists it work on an iPad/iPhone) of the Viking Kittens. He thinks it portrays our core values somehow. I really need to find other gainful employment. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Wait until the Captain hears about this! WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:05 -0500 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers I think the Enterprise was retired after the The Next Generation started On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Oh...my bad. I assumed he had the Enterprise kit. WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:03:57 -0400 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers If you don't have the flux capacitor, you don't need as much. IIRC, that option isn't available to most powershell developers. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Depends on the size of your shell, and how many ohms your power supply produces in gigawatts. I think you'll need 1.21. WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Don Ely don@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:43:26 -0700 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers How much power does powerscript require? On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Gasper, Rick rickgas...@kings.edu wrote: With Enterprise you can use a powerscript to add it to the outbound smtp connector. With standard, you would need to script it to add it to the email client. Both are simple and will accomplish the same thing. *From:* William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:22 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers I have the white one! WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Gasper, Rick rickgas...@kings.edu *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:46 -0400 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *RE: Assistance with eMail footers Is that Enterprise or standard? *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:27 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers I have Outlook Server 7. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Doug! What version Exchange? *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:21 AM
Re: #*$% Security Tools Malware
But does Open DNS have access to EVERY URLs in the world? On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: OpenDNS is very fast. Very distributed. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I've been using OpenDNS since the DNS poisoning problem was widely reported...last year? Year before? Not only that, seems to be faster than our ISP's DNS servers. On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.comwrote: OpenDNS provides similar benefits... *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:27 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: Trying it now. Love the concept—let’s see if it helps. :) *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:58 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: #*$% Security Tools Malware Btw, we update the malware URLs of these rogues right into ClearCloud. Feel free to and the ClearCloud DNS server as a replacement to your existing DNS: http://clearclouddns.com/ It’s still beta, but I think you’ll find it works quite well. And it’s free. Alex *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:55 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: #*$% Security Tools Malware http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/ Free. And the combination really works. *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:20 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* #*$% Security Tools Malware The “Security Tools” malware is about to drive me insane. My users keep managing to infect themselves with it, and we’re having trouble stopping it. They don’t run with admin rights, so there’s no real damage done to their systems and we can clean it up in about two minutes. But the time adds up, and I’m tired of my technicians having to waste time on it. Our antimalware software is Microsoft’s Forefront Client Security, and it’s having a tough time catching this. Every time I get infected, I send the EXE to Microsoft and they update their definitions—but the EXE’s used by the malware apparently change rapidly, and seem to constantly be a step ahead of FCS’s definitions. I can think of a couple of options that I know would stop it, like blocking all EXE’s at our web filter or using group policy to limit the running of EXE’s—but this would also prevent users from doing things like installing safe plug-ins from websites, so it’s not a first resort. Suggestions? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Resume's
Also a hiring manager (in fact I'm hiring someone this week): - Two pages max. Oh you can send me your 4 page resume, but I won't really ready past page two and I might just toss yours for being overly verbose. I am also a long-term, rabid follower of the www.manager-tools.com [1] podcasts/website, but I disagree with their 1 page resume for Technical positions. - For $diety's sake people Spel Chunk and profred your resume. Then have 3 other people beside your mom/wife/girlfriend read it...outloud. - Don't put an objective on your resume. You're wasting valuable space and it means nothing. - For each position your bullet points should be accomplishment and results focused statements. Don't put Managed Exchange stuff on there. But rather reword it into something that shows you did something concrete for the company either through efficiencies, savings, improved productivity, etc. For example (and of course always tell the truth) Designed and deployed Exchange messaging system that consistently provided 99.99% availability measured on an annual basis. Responded to all requests for adds/moves/changes for users at 100% within the defined SLA's - Related to the point above If you aren't measuring stuff (stuff=performance metrics, up-time, user help desk response rates/times, etc.) start measuring it. Even if your management team doesn't care about it, you measure it anyway. - Did I mention spel chunking and profreading yet? - Cover letter, yes you need one, no matter what. I get cover letters on maybe 20% of the resumes submitted. I read 100% of the ones with cover letters. Without a cover letter you might get as little as 15-20 seconds of me reading your resume. - While I personally applaud you for contributing to the community, I usually don't want to see that you were a Northampton County Farm Safety Day Volunteer[2]. Now if you participate in something industry related, or it shows a very specific skill (for example you sit on the board of a local charity and are trying to show management skills). - If you want to include a Technical Skills section, please put it near the end, not at the beginning. And include only stuff that people have heard of. I don't care if you're proficient in some software package that manages crushed grape sugar levels unless I hiring you to work at a winery. And if you list it, you darn well better have at least an intermediate level of mastery of that Tech Skill. There WILL be a quiz. You watching Bob the Coworker install vSphere 4.0 does not count as a Technical Skill. Oh, and cut the stupid crap like listing NetBIOS and NeiBEUI. That means virtually nothing, and if I do decide to quiz you on that I bet you fail and roll over and wet yourself. I wrote a couple of Blog posts a few years ago on getting yourself hired (or not getting hired). Feel free to check them out here. http://hampshire.wordpress.com/category/jobs-and-hiring/ Finally while these are thoughts that I've personally developed over the years, it turns out that a significant number of other IT Managers that I've shared these with all concur. YMMV. [1] Even if you not a technical manager, subscribe to their Podcasts. Your career will thank you. [2] This was an actual verbatim bullet point. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Gary Slinger gary.slin...@gmail.comwrote: Nope. The more senior the position, the shorter the actual resume gets. Oh, and FWIW - I'm a hiring manager. I won't read your 4 page resume. I might, at interview, but you'd never get that far. -- *From: * Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com *Date: *Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:23:23 -0500 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: * NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *RE: Resume's At first I gawked when I read **9** page resume, but then read on, and agree with how you did it. IMO (and many others) – *for sure have* that info avail, on request or as a separate attachment. I would say: A cover letter, a 1-4 page resume *TOPS*, portfolio/addenda, which also includes letters of recommendation, documentation examples, references, etc… A nice portfolio like this, put together well, shows of your seriousness and organizational skills. During an interview, it also gives the interviewer plenty of pieces of paper to fumble through while they awkwardly stumble for things to talk about… Any resumes themselves in the 3-4 page range should be for senior executive positions only. Sam *From:* MarvinC [mailto:marv...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Resume's One or two line summary followed by bullet points and everything should be in chronological order. IT resumes aren't that hard to read depending on the format used to describe your particular skillset and the job you're seeking. So I say don't pay anyone unless you're desperate. I suggest posting here first
Re: Resume's
Those are easy to deal with, one key stroke delete. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Paul Hutchings paul.hutchi...@mira.co.ukwrote: Part of me thinks extra marks for effort – in a strange way it shows more time has gone into it than an email CV bombed to 20 different places. My own pet hate is people who send in Publisher documents. *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] *Sent:* 15 September 2010 15:48 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Resume's The most memorable resume I ever received was hand written on lined paper torn from a spiral bound notebook. I still can’t believe we got it. -Paul *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:35 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Resume's Also a hiring manager (in fact I'm hiring someone this week): - Two pages max. Oh you can send me your 4 page resume, but I won't really ready past page two and I might just toss yours for being overly verbose. I am also a long-term, rabid follower of the www.manager-tools.com [1] podcasts/website, but I disagree with their 1 page resume for Technical positions. - For $diety's sake people Spel Chunk and profred your resume. Then have 3 other people beside your mom/wife/girlfriend read it...outloud. - Don't put an objective on your resume. You're wasting valuable space and it means nothing. - For each position your bullet points should be accomplishment and results focused statements. Don't put Managed Exchange stuff on there. But rather reword it into something that shows you did something concrete for the company either through efficiencies, savings, improved productivity, etc. For example (and of course always tell the truth) Designed and deployed Exchange messaging system that consistently provided 99.99% availability measured on an annual basis. Responded to all requests for adds/moves/changes for users at 100% within the defined SLA's - Related to the point above If you aren't measuring stuff (stuff=performance metrics, up-time, user help desk response rates/times, etc.) start measuring it. Even if your management team doesn't care about it, you measure it anyway. - Did I mention spel chunking and profreading yet? - Cover letter, yes you need one, no matter what. I get cover letters on maybe 20% of the resumes submitted. I read 100% of the ones with cover letters. Without a cover letter you might get as little as 15-20 seconds of me reading your resume. - While I personally applaud you for contributing to the community, I usually don't want to see that you were a Northampton County Farm Safety Day Volunteer[2]. Now if you participate in something industry related, or it shows a very specific skill (for example you sit on the board of a local charity and are trying to show management skills). - If you want to include a Technical Skills section, please put it near the end, not at the beginning. And include only stuff that people have heard of. I don't care if you're proficient in some software package that manages crushed grape sugar levels unless I hiring you to work at a winery. And if you list it, you darn well better have at least an intermediate level of mastery of that Tech Skill. There WILL be a quiz. You watching Bob the Coworker install vSphere 4.0 does not count as a Technical Skill. Oh, and cut the stupid crap like listing NetBIOS and NeiBEUI. That means virtually nothing, and if I do decide to quiz you on that I bet you fail and roll over and wet yourself. I wrote a couple of Blog posts a few years ago on getting yourself hired (or not getting hired). Feel free to check them out here. http://hampshire.wordpress.com/category/jobs-and-hiring/ Finally while these are thoughts that I've personally developed over the years, it turns out that a significant number of other IT Managers that I've shared these with all concur. YMMV. [1] Even if you not a technical manager, subscribe to their Podcasts. Your career will thank you. [2] This was an actual verbatim bullet point. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Gary Slinger gary.slin...@gmail.com wrote: Nope. The more senior the position, the shorter the actual resume gets. Oh, and FWIW - I'm a hiring manager. I won't read your 4 page resume. I might, at interview, but you'd never get that far. -- *From: *Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com *Date: *Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:23:23 -0500 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *RE: Resume's At first I gawked when I read **9** page resume, but then read on, and agree with how you did it. IMO (and many others) – *for sure have* that info avail, on request or as a separate attachment. I would say: A cover letter, a 1-4 page resume *TOPS*, portfolio/addenda, which also includes letters of recommendation
Re: Resume's
Big deal. Every thing on this list is cheap too.oh wait, that's not what you meant. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: I’m a member of a credit union—everything is cheap or free there. :) *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:04 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Resume's Yeah, my bank offers online billpay and I use it for my business account, but my personal account would have to change to a different account type to get online billpay (I’ve had this account for 25 years) and I would lose some features I like having that they bank no longer offers to new accounts….the online billpay is one of the “change now!” enticements they offer to get people off the higher cost (to the bank) accounts… I guess I’m a luddite. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:58 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Resume's I refuse. My bank has online billpay, which I use for vendors who don’t have an online system. The bank will either transfer the money to them (if they’re capable of receiving it electronically), or mail them a check—which costs me nothing. John *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:35 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Resume's I’m irritated that I still have to use the U.S. Mail to pay two of my monthly bills. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:32 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Resume's That happened probably 14 years ago, before “everybody” had email. My resume bombings then consisted of dropping off a stack of envelopes at the post office. Some of you still remember those places, right? Tell me I’m not alone! *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:50 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Resume's Part of me thinks extra marks for effort – in a strange way it shows more time has gone into it than an email CV bombed to 20 different places. My own pet hate is people who send in Publisher documents. *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] *Sent:* 15 September 2010 15:48 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Resume's The most memorable resume I ever received was hand written on lined paper torn from a spiral bound notebook. I still can’t believe we got it. -Paul *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:35 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Resume's Also a hiring manager (in fact I'm hiring someone this week): - Two pages max. Oh you can send me your 4 page resume, but I won't really ready past page two and I might just toss yours for being overly verbose. I am also a long-term, rabid follower of the www.manager-tools.com [1] podcasts/website, but I disagree with their 1 page resume for Technical positions. - For $diety's sake people Spel Chunk and profred your resume. Then have 3 other people beside your mom/wife/girlfriend read it...outloud. - Don't put an objective on your resume. You're wasting valuable space and it means nothing. - For each position your bullet points should be accomplishment and results focused statements. Don't put Managed Exchange stuff on there. But rather reword it into something that shows you did something concrete for the company either through efficiencies, savings, improved productivity, etc. For example (and of course always tell the truth) Designed and deployed Exchange messaging system that consistently provided 99.99% availability measured on an annual basis. Responded to all requests for adds/moves/changes for users at 100% within the defined SLA's - Related to the point above If you aren't measuring stuff (stuff=performance metrics, up-time, user help desk response rates/times, etc.) start measuring it. Even if your management team doesn't care about it, you measure it anyway. - Did I mention spel chunking and profreading yet? - Cover letter, yes you need one, no matter what. I get cover letters on maybe 20% of the resumes submitted. I read 100% of the ones with cover letters. Without a cover letter you might get as little as 15-20 seconds of me reading your resume. - While I personally applaud you for contributing to the community, I usually don't want to see that you were a Northampton County Farm Safety Day Volunteer[2]. Now if you participate in something industry related, or it shows a very specific skill (for example you
Re: Resume's
Yes it does, and it rocks. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Eric Brouwer er...@forestpost.com wrote: Wii does stream netflix now! On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Jacob wrote: I wish we could stream on Wiis or playstations L *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.usjohn.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us ] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:14 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Resume's Totally veering OT, but I only became a Netflix customer a week or so ago. I did it mainly for their streaming library, which has grown considerably since the last time I had checked. The only DVDs we have sent to us are for content that isn’t available via streaming. And I have to say, I love it. LOVE IT! Seriously, this is how all content should be delivered. I have a Wii, so I get to Netflix that way. There’s a pretty big library, it couldn’t be easier to use, it’s cheap, and the quality is great. I love that I can access everything from my TV or my iPad or my laptop. And that if I pause a movie/show on one device, I can resume watching where I left off on another device. I’m actually scaling back my cable to basic because of this. Between the basic channels and online options, I have all the programming I need. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Assistance with eMail footers
I need to include an excessively large eMail footer with every eMail, including all Replies and Forwards. In addition to the eMail footer, it needs to include a Signature for every message (including Replies and Forwards). The Signature must include large graphics and preferably animated GIF files. Finally it should include some kind of sound file (preferably one requiring Apple Quicktime as a player). I did tell management that having a video play in each eMail was a bit excessive, but they did ask me to investigate this possibility as well. I've noticed a few of you seem to have expertise in this area and I'm hoping you can assist me in setting this up Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Assistance with eMail footers
I have Outlook Server 7. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.comwrote: Hey Doug! What version Exchange? *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:21 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Assistance with eMail footers I need to include an excessively large eMail footer with every eMail, including all Replies and Forwards. In addition to the eMail footer, it needs to include a Signature for every message (including Replies and Forwards). The Signature must include large graphics and preferably animated GIF files. Finally it should include some kind of sound file (preferably one requiring Apple Quicktime as a player). I did tell management that having a video play in each eMail was a bit excessive, but they did ask me to investigate this possibility as well. I've noticed a few of you seem to have expertise in this area and I'm hoping you can assist me in setting this up Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Assistance with eMail footers
Why have you all hijacked my thread? I was seeking some actual help with this. We are a company focused primarily on Merger and Acquisition activities and the owner wants to include a video (I recommended Flash but he insists it work on an iPad/iPhone) of the Viking Kittens. He thinks it portrays our core values somehow. I really need to find other gainful employment. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.comwrote: Wait until the Captain hears about this! WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: * Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:05 -0500 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: * NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers I think the Enterprise was retired after the The Next Generation started On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Oh...my bad. I assumed he had the Enterprise kit. WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:03:57 -0400 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers If you don't have the flux capacitor, you don't need as much. IIRC, that option isn't available to most powershell developers. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Depends on the size of your shell, and how many ohms your power supply produces in gigawatts. I think you'll need 1.21. WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Don Ely don@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:43:26 -0700 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers How much power does powerscript require? On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Gasper, Rick rickgas...@kings.eduwrote: With Enterprise you can use a powerscript to add it to the outbound smtp connector. With standard, you would need to script it to add it to the email client. Both are simple and will accomplish the same thing. *From:* William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:22 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers I have the white one! WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Gasper, Rick rickgas...@kings.edu *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:46 -0400 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *RE: Assistance with eMail footers Is that Enterprise or standard? *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:27 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers I have Outlook Server 7. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Doug! What version Exchange? *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:21 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Assistance with eMail footers I need to include an excessively large eMail footer with every eMail, including all Replies and Forwards. In addition to the eMail footer, it needs to include a Signature for every message (including Replies and Forwards). The Signature must include large graphics and preferably animated GIF files. Finally it should include some kind of sound file (preferably one requiring Apple Quicktime as a player). I did tell management that having a video play in each eMail was a bit excessive, but they did ask me to investigate this possibility as well. I've noticed a few of you seem to have expertise in this area and I'm hoping you can assist me in setting this up Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana
Re: Assistance with eMail footers
I'd rather not force people to install anything. Is there a way to just imbed a link to a Webpage that contains all the data? On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: Sorry for any detours. Back to your issue… Have you considered perhaps compiling your messages as an executable to send, so that way the actual video player could be self-contained, and they could just double click it without having to separately download a player? -sc *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 11:29 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers Why have you all hijacked my thread? I was seeking some actual help with this. We are a company focused primarily on Merger and Acquisition activities and the owner wants to include a video (I recommended Flash but he insists it work on an iPad/iPhone) of the Viking Kittens. He thinks it portrays our core values somehow. I really need to find other gainful employment. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Wait until the Captain hears about this! WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:05 -0500 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers I think the Enterprise was retired after the The Next Generation started On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Oh...my bad. I assumed he had the Enterprise kit. WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:03:57 -0400 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers If you don't have the flux capacitor, you don't need as much. IIRC, that option isn't available to most powershell developers. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Depends on the size of your shell, and how many ohms your power supply produces in gigawatts. I think you'll need 1.21. WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Don Ely don@gmail.com *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:43:26 -0700 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers How much power does powerscript require? On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Gasper, Rick rickgas...@kings.edu wrote: With Enterprise you can use a powerscript to add it to the outbound smtp connector. With standard, you would need to script it to add it to the email client. Both are simple and will accomplish the same thing. *From:* William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:22 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers I have the white one! WJR - from my Crackberry. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -- *From: *Gasper, Rick rickgas...@kings.edu *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:46 -0400 *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: *NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *RE: Assistance with eMail footers Is that Enterprise or standard? *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:27 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers I have Outlook Server 7. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Doug! What version Exchange? *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:21 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Assistance with eMail footers I need to include an excessively large eMail footer with every eMail, including all Replies and Forwards. In addition to the eMail footer, it needs to include a Signature for every message (including Replies and Forwards). The Signature must include large graphics and preferably animated GIF files. Finally it should include some kind of sound file (preferably one requiring Apple Quicktime as a player). I did tell management that having a video play in each eMail was a bit excessive, but they did ask me to investigate this possibility as well. I've noticed a few
Re: OT: Completely off topic
No, don't go to the San Diego Zoo. If you're going to be in the San Diego area, go the the WIld Animal Park instead. It's run by the San Diego Zoo, but the animals are in very large open spaces and (mostly) live together. They do keep the lions out of the gazelle areas for obvious reasons. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote: *Add Hoover Dam to your Vegas list.* * * *Do you like good (like really good) food? That’s probably my favorite thing to do (and spend money on) in both of these places. If you want some food recommendations in LA let me know. I’d also look up when the Food Trucks are all out in Venice (it’s a couple days a month I think) as they’re a unique experience. * * * *In LA, I’d add The Getty, Venice, Santa Monica, possibly drive down to San Diego (spend a night or two there it’s really nice and totally different – only like 90 mins away). The USS Midway is fun in San Diego, you can actually take light rail to Tijuana also. Drive through like La Jolla and such along the coast. In general driving along the coast (PCH) is generally very pretty. Topanga Canyon north of LA is a fun drive. The San Diego Zoo is one of the top zoos out there (though I haven’t yet been). Legoland and Disneyland are nearby to both if you’re in to either of those things. Hollywood walk of fame of course. Personally I think you have too much time in both of these places. Are you open to customizing a bit? * * * * * * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *c - 312.731.3132* * * * * *From:* James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 6:45 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Completely off topic Haha.. ok on list it is. I’ll be on the West Coast. Mainly after things to do in LA and Vegas. Have 4-6 days in LA and 5 in Vegas so not a lot of time. Will have a car though. After that I’m on a boat for 7 days down to Mexico and back. So far for LA:- ·Tar Pits ·Long Beach ·Universal Studios ·Eat something with cheese on it (I’ve heard it’s really hard to find in the U.S. J) Vegas:- ·Grand Canyon (of course) ·cirque du soleil ·Obvious stuff like walking the strip and checking out each of the big casinos ·Crazy as it sounds I’m more interested in the shows etc rather than the gambling. I’ll be sure to bring some koala toys (after I remove the made in china label). I’ve heard I’ll have to talk slow so that you Yanks can understand me. As for the “crikey!” comment I actually don’t live that far from Australia Zoo which was built by Steve Irwin (which is one of the few people that ever uses that word these days) Wouldn’t mind jumping around like a fool in front of a Microsoft Kinect if I can find one. James. *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, 9 September 2010 11:05 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Completely off topic Crikey, mate! If you want some tips from some of the locals on this list, just ask. We're already here! And since you asked, here are a few: 1) North America is really, really large. (Maybe even larger than Australia!) The farther north you go, the heavier clothing you'll need. 2) Always buy Americans a beer first. After that they'll fall all over themselves to return the kindness for the rest of the night. And to hear your funny accent. Seriously. You'll come out way ahead on this one, and save a tonne of money. 3) 2) Does not work on people from Canada or Mexico. 4) Tell them your great grandfather was a hardened, unrepentant criminal from England. They expect to hear it anyway, even if he was a priest, or an Aborigine, or a Prime Minister. 5) Bring your a Koala with you as an ice breaker. Everyone has one, right? If I've missed anything, just ask. Cheers, G'day, and all that stuff. RS On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:03 PM, James Hill james.h...@superamart.com.au wrote: I’m holidaying in North America next month and would like to get some tips from some of the locals on this list. I believe there is a completely off topic list somewhere. If someone would be kind enough to point me to it (off list of course) it would be appreciated. Unless of course it is like Fight Club. James. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:
Re: Google and stupid background pictures
Don't need to. We have PowerShell instead. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I doubt any of the geezers here want to bring back DOS. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:15 PM, MarvinC marv...@gmail.com wrote: All of this is ok, I guess. Whether you, we, us, or anyone likes it, it still represents change. Good, bad, progressive or re-gressive is left to individual interpretation. I for one don't have a problem with it because again, I have the ability to not use the option. Therefore my little world of searching isn't turned upside down because some college graduate at Google suggested this feature as a way to appeal to a younger and more captive audience. Thankfully the decision to implement didn't come down to anyone from this list because most techies wanna get one fix in place and keep it forever.while old tech geezers will always complain about ANY form of change. Bring back DOS!!! Get off my lawn!!! On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 4:19 PM, MarvinC marv...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, normal people, outside of the technical industry, make purchases based on the fancy images. Sure. And we all know how well that works out for them. The search process is just that a simple query which requires no effort. Exactly. So don't make it more complicated just for the sake of making it more complicated. Simplicity has beauty in itself. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to remove. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery This is something a lot of computer industry types don't seem to understand. They think the longer the feature list, the more bells-and-whistles, the more *things* a program has, the better it must be. In practice, it's often the opposite that's true. The more stuff they add, the slower it gets, the more bugs there are, the more security issues, the higher the support burden, the harder it is to learn. So again why not add some life to it. What you are calling life I would call gaudiness. Now, that's a purely personal, aesthetic thing. But I've got just as much as right to call it obnoxious as you do to call the classic page stale. On a more practical note, it takes longer to load a giant background image, and consumes more system resources. Individually, it's a drop in the bucket, but how many times per day does the Google home page get loaded across the world? Not only is change good, it's also necessary. Again: Change for the sake of change alone is not progress. reductio ad absurdum Let's tear down every building on the planet and build new ones out of paper mache. Change is good and necessary, right? /reductio ad absurdum -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Sometimes I can't believe my users
orders 42 pizzas to be delivered to Jonathan's office at lunch today On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Really? Because it's some arbitrary date? I get the joke, it's mildly funny. I do play jokes on my users, selected users who'd get the joke, one of them being a senior owner, the other senior owner, not so much. I also like to do it when they're not expecting it. The one's who would get the joke would be more on guard today, of all days. Pranking en masse is potentially unwise, given the range of users and where they might be in the corporate heirarchy. The OP lamented that his users didn't get the joke. I suggested why I don't prank everyone, and why most people may not get it, or even find it unfunny. On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: Lighten up, Francis. -sc *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:32 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Sometimes I can't believe my users I don't play tricks on my users (en masse) for this very reason. Consider, they're wrapped up in doing their jobs. Most people, IT included forget what it takes for someone else to do their job effectively. We know they need a computer and a certain set of apps that perform in a certain way, but beyond that, we're not doing their job, so we don't know what their work actually entails. Why would we expect our users to know what is and is not possible to be done? Very often, I'm one of the very few in my office who knows what IT can do (easily, with our resources). For illustration, remember back to a time when someone has asked you to do something they think should be easy for you to do, but you know that it will be quite a challenging task which will consume a lot of time. On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Bill Lambert blamb...@concuity.com wrote: I sent this email this morning to all my users…being April Fool’s day and all… Hello all… For those of you that had your computers on overnight, a new security system has been installed for restarting your computers. This is a hands-free method that was published some time ago by Microsoft. To restart your computer, say your name then say RESTART. Direct your voice towards your computer and it will reboot. For those who didn’t have their computers on overnight, this should work once you log into the domain this morning. Please let me know if anyone has problems. Thanks! I’ve heard at least three people trying it and, God as my witness, one of our east Indian users came up to me and said “I think we have an accent problem, Bill. It’s not working for me!” Gotta love it!! *Bill Lambert* *Windows System Administrator* *Concuity* *Phone 847-941-9206* *Fax 847-465-9147* [image: ConcuityLogoSmall3-29-10] *The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. * ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.png
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance
Um, unless you are replying to the wrong poster, NC has a Democrat for Guv'ner. As was the previous onethat would be the one currently under multiple indictments and investigations for vast array of illegal and shady dealings. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Thomas W Shinder tshin...@tacteam.netwrote: The problem is that you have a Republican Governor. You need to get more Democrats in charge – they’ll fix things because they have a better understanding on how to create jobs. *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:11 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance Ah yes, one of the reasons why I'm glad I left Kalifornia. The Raleigh/Triangle area is definitely picking up and lots of high tech companies continue to relocate/expand in the area[1]. It's not great here yet, but it is getting better. [1] The Sony-Ericsson closure announcement yesterday notwithstanding. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: I wish things were picking up here. They're talking about a $21Billion deficit for 2010-2011 budget here in California. And, once more, how are they going to bridge it? Smoke and mirrors, and layoffs of state workers. Oh joy... I personally would love to relocate, but it is just sooo hard to do that when you're my age, with a family. Very difficult to find a company that's willing to even interview over distance, much less help you move if you do get the job. Ah well, nose to the grindstone, I guess. Don't forget, the recession is over *wink, wink* Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com 11/19/2009 7:44 AM I can't speak for all parts of the country, but in the NY/NJ metro area, things have started to pickup again on the recruitment front for IT opportunities. And I get the impression that a few other metro areas are also recovering a little. There has been quite a bit of activity in the 4th quarter, and I expect to see even more after the holidays. (Q1 should be a lot more like 2006 than we've seen in the past 18 or so months.) If you are looking, or preparing yourself for opportunities in any way, be sure to let me know. Also, feel free to connect to me via LinkedIn. I am receiving inquiries from recruiters almost daily at this point, for a variety of sysadmin and development roles in the North East US, and a few other parts of the country. I am more than happy to forward profiles of people I know who are looking, or do other things to facilitate connections to companies and opportunities. As long as I know, I can help. Let's take advantage of technology to help each other out and get through these tough times. My LinkedIn profile can be accessed below... Thanks *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance
Ah yes, one of the reasons why I'm glad I left Kalifornia. The Raleigh/Triangle area is definitely picking up and lots of high tech companies continue to relocate/expand in the area[1]. It's not great here yet, but it is getting better. [1] The Sony-Ericsson closure announcement yesterday notwithstanding. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: I wish things were picking up here. They're talking about a $21Billion deficit for 2010-2011 budget here in California. And, once more, how are they going to bridge it? Smoke and mirrors, and layoffs of state workers. Oh joy... I personally would love to relocate, but it is just sooo hard to do that when you're my age, with a family. Very difficult to find a company that's willing to even interview over distance, much less help you move if you do get the job. Ah well, nose to the grindstone, I guess. Don't forget, the recession is over *wink, wink* Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com 11/19/2009 7:44 AM I can't speak for all parts of the country, but in the NY/NJ metro area, things have started to pickup again on the recruitment front for IT opportunities. And I get the impression that a few other metro areas are also recovering a little. There has been quite a bit of activity in the 4th quarter, and I expect to see even more after the holidays. (Q1 should be a lot more like 2006 than we've seen in the past 18 or so months.) If you are looking, or preparing yourself for opportunities in any way, be sure to let me know. Also, feel free to connect to me via LinkedIn. I am receiving inquiries from recruiters almost daily at this point, for a variety of sysadmin and development roles in the North East US, and a few other parts of the country. I am more than happy to forward profiles of people I know who are looking, or do other things to facilitate connections to companies and opportunities. As long as I know, I can help. Let's take advantage of technology to help each other out and get through these tough times. My LinkedIn profile can be accessed below... Thanks *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Friday Funny
crickets chirping On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote: TWO MEDICAL STUDENTS AND THE OLD MAN Two medical students were walking along the street when they saw an old man walking with his legs spread apart. He was stiff-legged and walking slowly. One student said to his friend: I'm sure that poor old man has Peltry Syndrome. Those people walk just like that. The other student says: No, I don't think so. The old man surely has Zovitzki Syndrome. He walks slowly and his legs are apart just as we learned in class. Since they couldn't agree they decided to ask the old man. They approached him and one of the students said to him: We're medical students and couldn't help but notice the way you walk, but we couldn't agree on the syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is? The old man said, I'll tell you, but first you tell me what you two fine medical students think. The first student said, I think it's Peltry Syndrome. The old man said, You thought But you are wrong. The other student said, I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome. The old man said, You thought... But you are wrong. So they asked him, Well, old timer, what do you have? The old man said, I thought it was GAS.. But I was wrong, too! Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Friday Funny
Driving Miss Daisy. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Richard Stovall richard.stov...@researchdata.com wrote: Quick, name the movie ÿÿâÿœYou can't scare her, she's sleeping with Prince Valium tonight.ÿÿ No Googling or Binging allowed. *From:* Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2009 4:22 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Friday Funny Am at home resting because I just had open heart surgery. Laughed a little to hard and now my chest hurts. Good thing I still have some oxycodone left. :) On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote: TWO MEDICAL STUDENTS AND THE OLD MAN Two medical students were walking along the street when they saw an old man walking with his legs spread apart. He was stiff-legged and walking slowly. One student said to his friend: I'm sure that poor old man has Peltry Syndrome. Those people walk just like that. The other student says: No, I don't think so. The old man surely has Zovitzki Syndrome. He walks slowly and his legs are apart just as we learned in class. Since they couldn't agree they decided to ask the old man. They approached him and one of the students said to him: We're medical students and couldn't help but notice the way you walk, but we couldn't agree on the syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is? The old man said, I'll tell you, but first you tell me what you two fine medical students think. The first student said, I think it's Peltry Syndrome. The old man said, You thought But you are wrong. The other student said, I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome. The old man said, You thought... But you are wrong. So they asked him, Well, old timer, what do you have? The old man said, I thought it was GAS.. But I was wrong, too! Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: [OT] Bulky printer disposal
Freecycle or Craigslist-free section. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Gene Giannamore gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com wrote: We have a large printer (to us at least), HP CLJ 5550DN (130lbs). I have spent several hours trying to find someone that will take this thing away (we are willing to pay). Local garbage company, local county, next county over, goodwill, officedepot, HP (no #), even some printer repair places, and toner recyclers. Apparently we are in the wrong city. If we were in the next county or near our counties main city, then no problem. Any ideas or phone numbers would be appreciated, I’m feeling a little brain dead and drained right now. TIA. Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577Office (707) 935-9387Fax (707) 766-4185Cell gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com www.abideinternational.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Obsolete TechS
Oh look, an actual study that says just the opposite Mr. Scott-Fleming's assertion. http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Outsourcing/IT-Outsourcing-May-Have-Peaked-CIOZone-Research.html On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Bunk. No links to the study. Keywords used to spread FUD: may, expect, data is a mega-trend (when no data is presented or cited). 80% of IT jobs may go overseases by the end of 2010. I mean really, let's project that out and apply that metric to this list. In 1.3 years, 80% of the people on this list will be gone (appologies to the international list members). Chicken little called, he wants to sue you for copyright infringement. Angus, not directing this to you, per se, but really to the esteemed Lionel Waxman. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.comwrote: Not good news for us ... --- Included Stuff Follows --- Flashpoint! » Blog Archive » STUDY SHOWS JOBS RAPIDLY MOVING OFFSHORE Large firms have wasted no time reacting to the economic policies of Barack Obama. According to a Miami-based consulting firm, The Hackett Group, as many as a quarter of the IT jobs at the 1000 most major firms may be moved offshore by the end of next year. They expect about 350,000 such jobs to be moved. Chief research officer Michel Jenssen added that the data is a confirmation of a mega-trend and by the end of 2010 as many as 80% of IT jobs may go overseas. The typical company is realizing about $16 million each years in savings from offshoring. If you are sourcing all of your labor from high-cost countries, you are not going to be in business [long], he said. Some Americans may call offshoring businesses unpatriotic. But remaining under adverse economic conditions until they go bankrupt doesn’t seem particularly patriotic either. To the extent businesses do what they must to survive, they are doing their best for the country under adverse circumstances. - Included Stuff Ends - Seen here, no links to original study unfortunately: http://www.waxmanmedia.com/2009/08/17/study-shows-jobs-rapidly-moving-offshore/ -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-895-3270 ~! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Obsolete TechS
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Angus Scott-Flemingangu...@geoapps.com wrote: Not good news for us ... --- Included Stuff Follows --- Flashpoint! » Blog Archive » STUDY SHOWS JOBS RAPIDLY MOVING OFFSHORE Large firms have wasted no time reacting to the economic policies of Barack Obama. According to a Miami-based consulting firm, The Hackett Group, as many as a quarter of the IT jobs at the 1000 most major firms may be moved offshore by the end of next year. They expect about 350,000 such jobs to be moved. Chief research officer Michel Jenssen added that the data is a confirmation of a mega-trend and by the end of 2010 as many as 80% of IT jobs may go overseas. The typical company is realizing about $16 million each years in savings from offshoring. If you are sourcing all of your labor from high-cost countries, you are not going to be in business [long], he said. Some Americans may call offshoring businesses unpatriotic. But remaining under adverse economic conditions until they go bankrupt doesn’t seem particularly patriotic either. To the extent businesses do what they must to survive, they are doing their best for the country under adverse circumstances. - Included Stuff Ends - Seen here, no links to original study unfortunately: http://www.waxmanmedia.com/2009/08/17/study-shows-jobs-rapidly-moving-offshore/ -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-895-3270 ~! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Salary rant
I'll trade you your 1% for my entire office closing Oct. 30. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:16 PM, James Kerrcluster...@gmail.com wrote: Guess I shouldn't complain about our 1% raise company wide. - Original Message - From: Sam Cayze To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:49 PM Subject: RE: OT: Salary rant Well put, nice words Andy. (And others). They might be lowballing to find someone serious about the position, not the paycheck. If you bite, they may make it worth your while if you are committed. From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Salary rant Chris, It’s tough out there no doubt and I feel your pain, many of us that are employed are right there with you. Salary cuts, benefit cost increases, insurance coverage decreases, 401(k)s turning into 101(k)s, furloughs, FREAKIN’ COMISSION PLAN RESTRUCTURES (I fell better). The cut sucks, I understand, but you’re standing there with an FULL TIME OFFER LETTER. To many IT guys that are stupid smart are now bagging groceries… I encourage everyone in this situation to look long term; the here and now is not fun but it is temporary. “This too, shall pass”, wrote the psalmist. I would use the opportunity you have been given to rise above the morale, fear\doom gloom and stand out; i.e. all of you be the rock star in your current position(s). It’s a killer opportunity, as the fat has been trimmed and orgs are now focusing on everything everyone with laser precision. Be the best… [1] Shook [1] This could be perceived as an unintentional Karate Kid reference (tournament music….You’re the best, around. No one’s ever gunna beat you down) but that was not the intent. J On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: I know I’m not going to get a any sympathy here, due to the unemployment rate, and the economy in general, but needed to vent a little. Was hired as a contract to hire position last year. Great company, close to home, good salary. 6 months in they cut my salary by 10% to the contracting company, which was then passed on to me. I was told at the time, that if/when I was offered full time employment, I would be brought on with the initial salary I had started at. Just go the official offer, and it’s 5% below that. I know I should be thankful I even have a job, which I am. But I still feel like they are low-balling me just because of the economy. If the economy would be better and more IT jobs out there, I’d tell them to take a hike and see what happens. Can’t afford to do that right now with a mortgage and 2 kids. For once I just wish someone would offer me what was promised. Sorry, not looking to offend anyone out there. Just blowing off some steam. Chris ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Video Conferencing
H.323, H.324what ever it takes. wanders off to iron a cheese sandwich On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whoops. Yep, H.323. Fingers working faster than the brain... Yes, this setup would greatly simplify things! -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Video Conferencing That would be H.323, I believe, and yes, you are correct. If it were me doing this (and it is, I just haven't gotten to it yet), I'd put the Polycom unit in a DMZ with it's own public IP address, and just open it up. Turn it off when not int use, and pay for the encryption license on both ends. Kurt On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 Unless you have a newer firewall that understands H.232 traffic, it will not play nice with the newer Polycom stuff. -Original Message- From: Mike French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Video Conferencing How about www.polycom.com Used them at a client site, had good results. Just make sure your firewall will play nice with whatever you choose... From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Video Conferencing ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Five Things....
How come these weren't on the list? 5. I didn't know we were supposed to use a different tape each day for the backups. 4. I just completed a roll out of Plaxo on everyone's desktop 3. Oh, I was supposed to check with you first doing Project X? 2. I was just browsing through the CEO's eMail and you should see some of the lists he subscribes to! and the #1 thing you should never tell your boss 1. Boss, your wife and I need to tell you to go see this doctor at the clinic for an STD test. On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Five things you should never tell your boss *http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/*http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/ Thanks, *Tom Strader* *NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center* Server/Network Systems Administrator 130 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action without intelligence is ignorance. But, Intelligence without appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
