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Essential tools, tips and advice for the Exchange administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Ensure system & application performance with NetIQ MailMarshal http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,11861,00.htm?netiq - Sign up for our free biweekly SQL Server Tip newsletter! http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=&em=&tid=138&FE=1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXCHANGE TIPS - Develop an e-mail usage policy - Spam and trolling for e-mails - Solve offline address-book woes - Ask Scott Schnoll: How do we move Exchange 5.5 to new hardware? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: A primer on permissions - Webcast: Clustering Exhcnage 2000 - Exclusive Article: Using SUS without Active Directory - Know-IT-All Quiz #28: Getting the reboot - Conference Info: Microsoft Executive Connection ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: NetIQ Ensure system & application performance with NetIQ MailMarshal Worried that unmonitored use of company e-mail is reducing employee productivity and exposing your network to spam, viruses and legal liability? View a FREE flash demo of NetIQ MailMarshal products to discover how you can protect confidential information, block e-mail-based viruses and enforce e-mail usage policies. http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,11861,00.htm?netiq ____________________________________________________________________ DEVELOP AN E-MAIL USAGE POLICY | by Adesh Rampat If you're concerned about the way e-mail is handled by your employees, listen up. Implementing message filtering can prevent some of your problems, but you should also make sure that your employees are aware of your company's views on the proper usage of e-mail. This tip looks at some points you should cover when implementing an e-mail usage policy. >> CLICK here for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci890986,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SPAM AND TROLLING FOR E-MAILS | by Barry Sosinsky Beware! Large bulk e-mailers have figured out how to search a site for Internet addresses, in the same way that the search engines scan sites for keywords to index. There are some important spam facts you should tell your users about, in an effort to reduce the amount of useless e-mail traffic attracted by trolling scripts. >> CLICK here for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci887322,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOLVE OFFLINE ADDRESS-BOOK WOES | by Serdar Yegulalp Users who work offline will have a locally retained copy of their address book to allow address lookups when they're not connected to the Exchange server. Under certain circumstances, the server components that generate the offline address book (known as OABGen) may stop working. When this happens, users will find themselves confronted with an error and should be prepared to reset certain system folders. >> CLICK here for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci871935,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW DO WE MOVE EXCHANGE 5.5 TO NEW HARDWARE? | Ask Scott Schnoll Dear Scott: We have a Windows NT 4.0 server that is also our primary domain controller (PDC). On this, we have Exchange Server 5.5 with Service Pack 4 installed. This machine is frequently going down due to internal hardware controller failure, so we want to shift this Exchange Server to another machine. Right now, we have no plans to move to Windows 2000 or Exchange 2000. Can you please suggest some possible ways of shifting this Exchange server to new hardware? >> CLICK here for Scott Schnoll's expert response... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid520280_tax285117,00.html Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our experts" biweekly newsletter. Just one click will automatically activate your free subscription: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=457574&em=&tid=3107&FE=1 ____________________________________________________________________ SQL SERVER ADMINISTRATION TIP NEWSLETTER | Sign up for free SearchWin2000.com's free SQL Server Administration Tip is a biweekly newsletter that offers tips and advice on managing, troubleshooting and improving the performance of SQL servers. Sign up now with one simple click to receive the latest SQL tips and tricks -- right to your inbox: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=&em=&tid=138&FE=1 ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A PRIMER ON PERMISSIONS | Featured Topic Permissions can save your systems or sabotage them -- it all depends on how well you manage them. Make sure your rights and permissions are up to par with this little blackbook. >> CLICK to check out this featured topic... http://www.searchWin2000.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci888747,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CLUSTERING EXCHANGE 2000 | Webcast Listen and watch as Exchange expert Scott Schnoll discusses best practices for planning, designing, implementing and managing Exchange 2000 within a Windows 2000 Advanced Server cluster. >> CLICK to access this on-demand webcast... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/webcastsTranscriptSecurity/1,289693,sid1_gci867929,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= USING SUS WITHOUT ACTIVE DIRECTORY | Exclusive Article Looking for an affordable way to keep your user workstations humming with all of those critical security updates and hotfixes? Check out Microsoft's Software Update Services. It's a good solution for the cost -- free -- and you don't need Active Directory to take advantage of it. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci887883,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GETTING THE REBOOT | Know-IT-All Quiz #28 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. Systems that get heavy usage may experience pagefile fragmentation, which can have an adverse impact on performance. One way to get around this, especially if the system has multiple hard drives (or hard drive partitions), is to: a. Have Windows automatically relocate the pagefile on each reboot b. Have Windows automatically relocate and delete the old file d. Run a pair of scripts -- one at shutdown and one at startup e. All of the above f. Give it a five minute break and a foot rub >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci888362,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE CONNECTION | Conference Info Jim Hebert, general manager of Microsoft's Windows Server Product Management Group, will be taking the stage to answer your questions about Windows Server 2003. Key topics include upgrading to Windows Server 2003 and how it will compete with Linux, special migration options for NT 4.0 users and pricing and licensing options. Seating is limited so apply today: http://windowsdecisions.techtarget.com/html/registration.htm?Offer=wdw2sp ___________________________________________________________________ Last chance for nominations! | SearchWin2000.com Innovator Awards It's your last chance to nominate someone for the Innovator Awards presented by SearchWin2000.com. 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