On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, at 8:00am, John Strange wrote:
What are the best practices for doing an Offline defrag on Exchange 2000?
Don't.
The only exception if when you have just removed a large amount of mail
from a server (say, splitting up a server to two servers), and you need to
reclaim the
On Wed, 22 May 2002, at 4:30pm, Thomas Di Nardo wrote:
There is no excuse There is only Zuel.
Don't cross the streams.
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On Thu, 9 May 2002, at 6:35pm, Hansen, Eric wrote:
As part of our access statement we used tcp permit for 110 and 25. Well
it turned out that by doing this mail came in but didn't go out.
SMTP is TCP port 25. SMTP does not use UDP, not is it an IP-layer
protocol.
Make sure you have all
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, at 5:02pm, Awais Butt wrote:
For the installation of Exchange 2000 Enterprise server I am trying to
install nntp service under IIS 5.0 (Windows 2000 Server), it demands 2000
server cd as well as file nntp_ddrop.dll but this file doesn't exist in
the server cd.
We had
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, at 10:25am, Vijayakumar, T wrote:
1.Maximum No of User in Exchange 2000 server.
Practically unlimited. There is some absurdly high limit, but I forget
what it is. You will run out of disk/memory/CPU/usernames before you hit
it. A better question is, How many users
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, at 4:47pm, Stephen Mynhier wrote:
I clicked Tool - Windows Update and then chose IE6
No prompt
No reboot
Interesting. It has always forced a reboot for me. After it runs through
the update, I get a dialog box saying I should close all programs and click
the Finish
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 6:08pm, Stephen Mynhier wrote:
Oh my God... That is absolutely amazing! I managed to upgrade IE on my
Win 2k Adv Server today without rebooting it! I have accomplished the
impossible! We need a committee to study this!
(get your facts straight)
I would be happy
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 4:38pm, Ken Cornetet wrote:
I tried to talk my boss into letting me switch to VNC, but freeware
still scares management around here (But who will you call for
support?).
http://www.tridia.com
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 11:58am, Roger Seielstad wrote:
And what's the IP so I can drop it like a rock, since there have been a few
hundred security flaws in Linux over the last 16 months...
Can we keep the FUD off this list? This is patently false.
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 12:42pm, Roger Seielstad wrote:
... not to mention that you're running Redhat 7.2, which hasn't been
available for 16 months ...
You can upgrade the OS (sans the kernel) without rebooting Linux.
(You cannot even upgrade the *web browser* without rebooting Windows.)
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 10:50am, Adam Romain wrote:
If mailgate1 is always available, will it be the only connector that takes
the mail unless it has reached the maximum number of sessions ?
In theory, yes. In practice, always available is not a realistic
condition. Some random mail
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, at 1:43pm, Gagrani, Kishore wrote:
We are a multinational company with head office in New Jersey . We are
debating over enforcing the use of E-mail disclaimer (e.g.: The
information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is provided in
confidence.
Ask a lawyer.
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, at 11:44am, Scott Brooks wrote:
I've just inherited an exchange server at work. It is v5.5 Build 2448.8
SP2. We've finally gotten a DSL connection, so I want to change our
Internet Mail Service Connection to use it instead of dialing up our ISP
every few minutes to
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, at 7:37pm, Nikki Peterson wrote:
UPDATE: When I changed my Marketing Preferences to NO on all SPAM,
Yahoo! shut me out of POP. I can't POP any of my accounts that I turned
off the SPAM on.
Someone on another list I am on said that Yahoo was discontinuing POP3
access to
This is just too nice. All of the online Internet RFCs (Request For
Comments, the standards definition) have been turned into a hypertext system
and placed online here:
http://www.zvon.org/tmRFC/RFC_share/Output/
Features include hyperlinks to other RFCs when referenced, status,
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, at 3:08pm, Black, Nathan wrote:
interesting. If you try viewing ths page with Opera Microsof says
There was a problem rendering the requested content. Please retry your
request.
Yah, Microsoft does that a lot. I've actually seen MS web pages with
JavaScript as a
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, at 7:31am, James Lavoie wrote:
I receive a message in my inbox sent to an email address that does not match
my own ...
I feel it is educational to point out that what you describe happens every
time someone receives a message from this list. :-)
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, John Matteson wrote:
What is *plonk*ed?
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/plonk.html
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Allan Johnson wrote:
did everyone stop playing golf suddenly?
Golf: Trying to hit a small round object into a slightly larger hole using
tools totally inadequate for the task.
;-)
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Stevens, Dave wrote:
My mail system has host unreachable for this domain: www.pantex.com. I
do a Nslookup and there is NO MX record. That should explain why our mail
destined for them sits in the queue.
RFC-974, page 4, says that if no MX record is present for a
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Mitchell Mike wrote:
I understand where you all are coming from but this is a very little used
mailbox that it hopefully is easier to print messages than train user.
Tisk! He is a user of very little brain, after all.
(With apologies to A.A. Milne)
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Ritu Sangha wrote:
Will blocking the ports being used by MSN Messenger at the firewall work?
My firewall notes say blocking tcp/1863 will foil the MSN Messenger.
Note that AOL IM, newer versions of ICQ, and Yahoo IM all use arbitrary
ports on dedicated servers, so you
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Wynkoop, John wrote:
Performace is the main issue here with cost running a very close second.
Good, fast, cheap: Pick two.
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Wynkoop, John wrote:
We were looking at about $50k for a dell with LTO backup, sound right?
I like Dell. LTO backup is well-regarded. Without more information
(mailbox sizing, expected activity rates, etc.), it is impossible to provide
an answer, but conventional wisdom
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Darren Ash wrote:
Unfortunatley YES. I could take it away, but he is kinda part of the
support team and therefore needs to know the domain admin password which
could be used to override the local admin account!
I suspect improper use of instant messaging is the least of
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Hooks, Tim wrote:
Does anyone out there have a list they would be willing to post of
domains or email addresses you block to keep out spam? Thanks in
advance.
*.*
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Chris Scharff wrote:
If it serves a business need and e-mail is the easiest method for
achieving
that goal, barring other limitations it seems just fine to me.
Internet email is not designed for large file transfer. That sure
qualifies as other limitations in my book.
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Murphy, Brian wrote:
I have heard everyone talk about not relaying mail or not allowing the
relaying of mail. But what exactly does that mean?
An SMTP system that performs relaying will accept mail for domains other
than those handled by the local system, and pass it on
On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Ed Crowley wrote:
What limit should they have put? $2,100? $20,000? So easy for you to
make this call with 20-20 hindsight.
Of course, Ford knew about the problem *ahead* of time, and still did
*nothing* to correct it. Let 'em burn was their attitude. Which is kind
On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Elizabeth Farrell wrote:
You wanna use your manual speelcheeker! :)
Spell cheque dew knot work write.
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Joyce, Louis wrote:
OWA and an FTP server in NY.
FTP is hideously insecure. Combine it with a VPN, and yes, that would
work, but the guy already said his boss nixed that idea, and more
importantly, if you have a VPN, why futz around with FTP? :)
Personally, I think
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Hunter, Lori wrote:
Robert, go with what? What are you planning to change? Just because
you CAN does not ever necessarily mean you SHOULD, especially in the
Land of Exchange.
One log to journal them all,
One log to find them,
One log to sort them all,
And in the
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Tom Meunier wrote:
Virus. Viri. NOT Viruii. NOT virii. Viruses is proper English. Viri
is proper Latin.
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:language.perl.com/misc/virus.html
http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/vtplural.htm
http://www.dictionary.com/doctor/faq/v/virus.html
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Mike Carlson wrote:
I was reading about the Email package Oracle offers and it really doesnt
look like much more than a standard POP3/IMAP server that has a new
feature called web calendaring.
I suppose this Oracle thing might appeal to someone like Earthlink, with
8
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Roger Seielstad wrote:
Most customers who have used MS OSs since the DOS days, not to mention
those exposed to *nix, like the ability to script just about any change
to the OS ...
The issue is not scripting per se, but the fact that MS Outlook and MSIE
have a long
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Black, Nathan wrote:
JavaScript is Microsoft's concoction of what they felt Java should be
like.
(Totally off-topic at this point, but what the heck... :)
JavaScript (now (being?) standardized as ECMAScript) was originally called
LiveScript, and was developed by
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Stephen Mynhier [...message deleted...]
I make a private reply, and you repost it to a public list, and *I* get
accused of trolling?
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Mike Carlson wrote:
For a developer having to write 600 lines of code to make sure
everything is set right before launching the form would be an enormous
amount of work compared to editing a key to allow .exe files to show up.
Granted that may be the more secure way of
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, John Matteson wrote:
To all the Veterans of all branches of the U.S. Armed Services on the
list:
Thank you for your service to our country.
And if you happen to be a veteran of an Allied armed service:
Thank you for your service to your country.
Here,
You are not dead.
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Mike Carlson wrote:
I have no idea what you're talking about. Seems to me that every
useful scripting language is potentially dangerous.
True. However, most scripting languages don't
automatically execute when emailed to you... :-)
JavaScript will in HTML email.
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Paul Bouzan wrote:
Don't worry Desmond, Fridays are always like this
Not true. It's like this all the time. ;-)
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Doug Hampshire wrote:
[1] Also known as the Secret Cabal
TINC [1].
Footnotes
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[1] There Is No Cabal.
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, MS Exchange Mailing List wrote:
I don't think it would be a good idea to have a unix superuser password
in a batch file (text). A program that does macros and could scramble
the info would be the way to go.
If the program can scramble it, it can unscramble it. That is
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Romero, Eric wrote:
do you know of any Freeware telnet or similar product that will let me to
automate the following in a batch file
If you have shell access on the Unix system, why not write the script
there? It would make a lot more sense...
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Bauer, Mr. Rick wrote:
Must be a COMPAQ server guy--always solve problems with bigger hardware.
If it was a Compaq refrigerator, I guess it would only chill Compaq-brand
food, right? ;-)
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Van Huissteden, Adriaan wrote:
Is Arcserve and exchange a good choice?
Arcserve and anything is not a good choice.
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On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Daniel Chenault wrote:
I thought that if you lost the logs, there was a procedure to at least
restore the data in the Stores? Yeah, you lose anything that wasn't
committed, of course, but can't you recover something?
Yes, there is. In my world of support, though, lost
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Soysal, Serdar wrote:
Maybe we should change it so that the FAQ link is at the top of each
message as opposed to the bottom. Even better. Force HTML format and
have a dancing icon next to the FAQ link that says Click Me. Or maybe
we can rename the FAQ to Magic
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Tom Meunier wrote:
The assumption should have been that the logs are on separate spindles
from the IS, and it's less likely that you'd lose both at once.
Have you been following this thread? We have to fight these people just
to buy a tape drive. Multiple disks just
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Ryan, John wrote:
If they aren't already doing so, keeping the backup tapes offsite (the
president takes them home or something) can be an incredible lifesaver.
Indeed. What is more, the concept of an off-site copy is easy to
understand -- even the most non-technical of
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Waters, Jeff wrote:
Why use Circular Logging??
Does it make a difference? Our thinking is basically: Given the lack of
separate disks, and given a full backup every night, turning circular
logging off would not gain us anything. Given the principle of not making
changes
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Drewski wrote:
If you have circular logging, and then crash before your backup, you may
have overwritten log files from that morning -- and will be unable to
play them back and recover.
Are you talking about a soft crash? That is, the system goes down
(e.g., someone
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Patrick Hudson wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to add a message to all outgoing email.
I work for a hospital and we need to add a confidentiality statement to
all outgoing email.
One should not use public email for confidential correspondence.
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