=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Exchange Administration Tip December 15, 2003
Essential tools, tips and advice for the Exchange administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Free 30-Day Trial: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22447,00.htm?track=NL-123&appriver - Windows .Net Magazine's READER's CHOICE AWARD winner for best anti-spam product! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22448,00.htm?track=NL-123&sunbeltsoftware =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXCHANGE TIPS - Avoid problems with using DNS in Exchange - Here's help with PST files - Ask Scott Schnoll: Secondary IP for an Exchange server 2. WHAT'S NEW - Featured Topic: Top 10 tech tips of 2003 - Opinion: Antispam bill: Savior or toothless wonder? - Article: Microsoft's top 10 challenges for 2004 - Tip Contest: Santa wants to give you a free CD/MP3 player! ____________________________________________________________________ *******************Sponsored by: AppRiver ************************ AppRiver Spam filtering for Exchange 5.5 and 2000 is one of the easiest to setup and most cost-effective Anti-Spam solutions available. Click Here for a Free Trial 30-Day Trial: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22447,00.htm?track=NL-123&appriver ____________________________________________________________________ AVOID PROBLEMS WITH USING DNS IN EXCHANGE | by Serdar Yegulalp An administrator configuring an outgoing SMTP e-mail connector in Exchange has a choice of how outbound e-mail will be relayed: either directly to the recipient system via DNS, or through an SMTP "smart host" or relay server. Some ISPs, whether for the source or target e-mail server, do not allow direct connection for e-mail and must forward mail through a smart host at the ISP. This is usually done to prevent spamming, impersonation and other abuses of e-mail. However, many ISPs leave the method of mail delivery entirely to the server administrator, and offer a smart host as an option rather than a requirement. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci940924,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HERE'S HELP WITH PST FILES | by Serdar Yegulalp When Outlook is configured to save e-mail to a .PST (Personal Folders) file on a local machine, it takes the burden of message storage off the server. It also means that each user's e-mail is stored locally, and may be susceptible to damage. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci916169,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OBTAINING SECONDARY IP FOR AN EXCHANGE SERVER | Ask Scott Schnoll Dear Scott: Is there any way to give a secondary IP address to my Exchange server? My plan is this: if one network goes down, the mail must automatically go through the second network. Are there any alternatives for minimizing downtime to the Exchange Server? >> CLICK here for Scott Schnoll's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid563615_tax285117,00.html?track=NL-123 Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our Experts" biweekly newsletter. 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Click here for your free eval: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22448,00.htm?track=NL-123&sunbeltsoftware ____________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOP 10 TECH TIPS OF 2003 | Featured Topic Are you awash in technical information, but can never seem to find exactly what you need? This week's Featured Topic spotlights the 10 most read SearchWin2000.com technical tips from the past year. From AD to .pst's, the topics of these tips enticed you to click. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci939636,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ANTISPAM BILL: SAVIOR OR TOOTHLESS WONDER? | Opinion We now have a national "do not call" list to protect us from those loathsome telemarketing calls at dinnertime. A "do not spam" law, to protect us from those loathsome round-the-clock junk e-mails, may not be far behind, if President Bush signs the bill that Congress passed this week. But are we really getting what's advertised here? http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid1_gci940935,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MICROSOFT'S TOP 10 CHALLENGES FOR 2004 | Article One of the industry's top Microsoft watchers, Kirkland, Wash.-based Directions on Microsoft, has released its annual list of Redmond's top 10 challenges for the new year. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci940203,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SANTA WANTS TO GIVE YOU A NEW CD/MP3 PLAYER! | Tip Contest Are our members really all out of tips or just too busy with the holidays? 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