RE: OT:ish - I'm beginning to *really* hate OL2010

[Alex Eckelberry]

I totally agree.  It took me several months of pain to adjust, as most of my 
keyboard memory is no longer applicable.  These keystrokes were hard-wired into 
my nervous system from years of working with Outlook.  Simple things like 
inserting a signature *require* a mouse move, when in the past, it was a simple 
keystroke. 

If you want to view headers, open the message and go to the file menu and 
choose Info (there is actually quite a bit of stuff hidden in that File 
menu...).

I used to be able to use Outlook [almost] without ever touching a mouse.  Now, 
a mouse is mandatory.  I friggin hate that. 

Count me as a participant in your trip to Redmond.   

Alex



-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:57 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: OT:ish - I'm beginning to *really* hate OL2010

Sorry, just had to say this...


Aside from the fact that they changed (lengthened and obfuscated) the
keystrokes that I used since, oh, at least OL97, now I can't find the
headers in an email in my inbox.

I've got an email that's sitting in my inbox, and I don't want to open
it, but I want to find the headers.

I used to be able to open the context menu for the message
(right-mouse click, or use the Windows context key) and select
Options, which revealed, among other things, the headers.

I'm not finding that anywhere, and googling reveals that either I have
to open the email, or do this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg622917.aspx

I think it's long past time we visit the Redmond campus with
pitchforks and torches.

I have to build a C# addin to get this info now?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Over?

Sheesh.


Kurt

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RE: Friday Funny

[Alex Eckelberry]

That is awesome.

-Original Message-
From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] 
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 9:54 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday Funny

Best RickRoll ever:

Paste into a PS console prompt

iex (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://bit.ly/e0Mw9w";)


-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:52 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Friday Funny



Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
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RE: SEA no longer Sunbelt

[Alex Eckelberry]

SEA was an OEM'd version of the Metalogix archiver (PAM for Exchange).   The 
story behind our doing this is that we were working on our own archiver (based 
off of Ninja), but after months of development of our own, I felt that 
ultimately we were going to need to partner on this product.  The amount of 
work required to make a best-in-class archiving product is quite significant. 

So partnering with the Metalogix folks made quite a bit more sense in this 
instance than doing it ourselves.  The product is outstanding, and we really 
liked the Metalogix team (back then, it was called H&S Software).  

After the GFI acquisition, it was determined that SEA was better back in the 
hands of Metalogix.  They will be supporting the product going forward. 

I will say that it does, actually, benefit the end-user more to deal directly 
with the original developer in an OEM relationship. I saw this with Metalogix, 
where they would put out builds to customers that we still hadn't finished 
running through our own test process.  

The support should be excellent.  If it's not, let me know directly. I am good 
friends with a number of folks over there, and will always be happy to jump in 
and lend a hand. 

Ultimately, I really do believe this is in the best interests of all the 
parties -- for GFI, for Metalogix, and certainly, for the customers. 

 

Alex Eckelberry
General Manager, Security Business Unit
GFI Software, Inc. (formerly Sunbelt Software)
33 N. Garden Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33755 
p: 919-297-1347  f: 727-562-5199
e: al...@gfi.com MSN: alex...@hotmail.com 
Skype: alexeckelberry oovoo: alexeck 
w: www.sunbeltsoftware.com b: www.sunbeltblog.com





-Original Message-
From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:jasongu...@npumail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:08 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SEA no longer Sunbelt

[N.B. We're NOT a GFI/Sunbelt customer and I speak here in general terms that 
apply to any product category.  I'm specifically not saying GFI/Sunbelt offers 
poor support.]

After reading the press release it seems clear that Metalogix has been the 
primary developer of the product all along and that it was simply rebranded by 
GFI/Sunbelt.  I do hate to generalize, but if this is the case I'd assume 
better support now; not worse. Experience has shown that in general, the 
farther away you get from the original developer, the worse support gets since 
there are layers of people explaining along the way.  There are exceptions.  
For example, I would expect great support (by great I mean better) if I had an 
Exchange support contract with certain people on this list (that everyone 
knows) instead of going direct to PSS.

Obviously, this is less true with L1 support issues (Is the cord plugged in? 
Have you rebooted?, Have you patched? Etc...). But once issues start getting 
"for real," there is often an actual real bug or tough and complicated 
configuration or topology issue going on. If an actual developer is right there 
in the same building, a dramatic positive difference in the speed to resolution 
is usually the result. It's not always obvious that your support person is 
talking to the developers in between calls.

Going back to my example exception...  Isn't it true that the individuals 
participating here (and offering professional paid Exchange support) have some 
access to the Exchange product development team--similarly close access as the 
PSS team has even?  So, it's not really an exception after all; it's simply 
gaining the development resources of a big company combined with someone's 
considerable deployment experience, all while avoiding that big company's 
darned big-company-itus.

Also, thinking about product enhancement, it seems like incremental product 
enhancement could happen more easily when the original developer is doing 
support, seeing the true volume of each issue (and paying the piper for bad UI 
decisions, etc...). With a reseller involved there is a third party is 
absorbing the support calls and this data is likely not so clear to the 
developer.  It's not impossible for a good communication chain to occur between 
a reseller and product developer but oh so often that communication is related 
more on how the reseller can increase sales, not on how they can sell a better 
product.

But then maybe you guys and gals have more positive experiences than I with 
resellers.

~JasonG

> -Original Message-
> From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:48
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: SEA no longer Sunbelt
> 
> I just received this press release today, Metalogix as taken back SEA
from
> Sunbelt:
>
http://www.metalogix.net/Company/News/ByYear/2011/Metalogix-Has-Acquired-
> Sunbelt-s-Exchange-Archiver-and-File-Archiver-Distribution-Business/
> 
> i purchased SEA because of Sun

RE: anti-spam DNS requests

[Alex Eckelberry]

Spamtitan, like many open-source based appliances, queries a bunch of RBLs, 
like SURBL, Spamhaus, etc.   Look at what RBLs are listed, there's going to be 
a bunch of lookups. 

I am not surprised that you saw a jump.  

Alex

Alex Eckelberry
General Manager, Security Business Unit
GFI Software, Inc. (formerly Sunbelt Software)
33 N. Garden Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33755 
p: 919-297-1347  f: 727-562-5199
e: al...@gfi.com MSN: alex...@hotmail.com 
Skype: alexeckelberry oovoo: alexeck 
w: www.sunbeltsoftware.com b: www.sunbeltblog.com




-Original Message-
From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:07 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: anti-spam DNS requests

Maybe it queries more RBLs, maybe it does root hint lookups rather than 
forwarders, it could be a lot of things depending on how it's configured vs. 
the old product.

Paul

-Original Message-
From: Osborne, Richard [mailto:richard.osbo...@wth.org]
Sent: 20 January 2011 16:03
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: anti-spam DNS requests

Our anti-spam solution sits behind our firewall with the necessary ports open 
to the Internet.  We recently changed from a Windows-based (Symantec Mail 
Security) to a Linux-based (SpamTitan) anti-spam system.
My firewall guy is concerned that the number of DNS connections on the firewall 
(Checkpoint Firewall-1) has more than doubled.  We saw the same behavior when 
we demo'ed Untangle (also Linux-based).

Both anti-spam solutions use RBL's, so of course there will be a lot of DNS 
requests. 

Any ideas why the number has grown so much higher and whether it should be a 
concern?  Should we just move our anti-spam server outside the firewall?

Thanks.


Richard Osborne
Information Systems
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

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RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

[Alex Eckelberry]

 as seamless as possible to you, and 
> we will continue to provide you with updates and information as we 
> work to combine the organizations. For now, nothing changes in how you

> do business with Sunbelt.
> 
> We appreciate your trust in us as a partner and will continue to work 
> hard
to
> keep your loyalty and support. Please don't hesitate to reach out to 
> your Sunbelt representative or me personally if you have any questions

> or comments.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Alex Eckelberry
> CEO







..

RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

[Alex Eckelberry]

Hmm... that's good to know.  Please send me directly any other complaints you 
may have on GFI... I may be able to help there.

Alex


From: Marlin L. Borsick [mailto:borsi...@coastalan.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 6:05 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

Here, here...

I work with both companies and believe me, GFI could learn a few things from 
Sunbelt on how to deal with their resellers. I shifted my efforts to Sunbelt 
because of the standoffish attitude GFI has with its smaller resellers.

Marlin Borsick
Coastalan, Inc.

From: Chris Knieriem [mailto:cknier...@pccareonline.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 16:46
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: [MALWARE FREE]RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt 
Software

Alex,

  Do you need someone to manage the Fiji office?  I am going on 22 
years in this business and am looking for a change!!!.  I am not saying I am 
old but my first hard drive was a 5 MB Seagate and back then 640 KB of RAM was 
"more than anyone will ever need" and Bill Gates was still riding a bicycle to 
work.

  You either grow or die in this business so congratulations and I am 
glad that the Sunbelt people will still be there.  I have worked with GFI in 
the past but as a small reseller Sunbelt has always treated me as if I sold a 
million dollars of product a month.  I sell Vipre because I believe it is a 
great product but I truly appreciate the personal service.

  I can be packed and ready to go in 24 hours.

Chris

Chris Knieriem
Potomac Computer Care
920 National Highway
Cumberland, MD 21502
301-777-3914
cknier...@pccareonline.com<mailto:cknier...@pccareonline.com>

From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 3:58 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: [MALWARE FREE]RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt 
Software

Like Stu said, we needed to do this.  Three big reasons: a) access to capital 
and resources, b) technology and c) new markets.

Running Sunbelt was like holding a tiger by the tail -- the growth was 
phenomenal, but the stress on the business is sometimes very intense.  Remember 
a few months back when our support went to hell because our antiquated phone 
system couldn't handle the load?  That was all related to not enough investment 
in our the right phone system.  Little things like this cause constant 
headaches.  I needed the find a partner with deep pockets -- and GFI has very 
deep pockets.  I could have gone with a venture capitalist, but there is a 
whole lot of other risk that comes with that...   And the first thing they did 
coming in here was start the process of buying a new phone system.  I like that.

On the technology side, you don't sit still in this business and last long.  
VIPRE is top of class, but there is a lot to be done, still.  I need better 
integration with MSP platforms, DLP technology, integrated patch and 
vulnerability assessment -- and much more.  GFI already has a lot of these 
technologies.  Another example is our mail strategy.  Many people are moving to 
a SaaS model for email security.  I was being left out of the party, but now 
GFI has their own SaaS platform.

Their access to new markets is also a major part of the transaction.  95% of 
our sales were in North America.  That's not sustainable, as we needed to move 
into international markets to sustain and grow the business.  Over 50% of GFI's 
sales are international, and that's a big pickup for us.

Finally, the issue of culture:  GFI's culture is very similar to ours.  While 
they have certainly had their issues in the past, the current CEO, Walter 
Scott, has the same attitudes that I have about customer support, product 
quality and taking care of the customer.  I have been very impressed with how 
they run this business (and it's certainly a world different than what it was 2 
years ago, before Scott and the new management team came in).

For our employees, it's a good thing. Out of 240 employees, there were only a 
handful of redundant positions (less than 10).  The vast majority of employees 
are here and continuing with the new organization.  The Tampa Bay location is 
going to be growing into an even larger operation.

Stu is retiring, but as he'll tell you, he had already moved on prior to the 
acquisition to focusing on writing his newsletters and had turned the majority 
of his tasks over.  This gives him the opportunity to focus on what he really 
enjoys -- writing and interacting with fellow admins.  He now gets to write 
full time and will still happily kill any thread he doesn't like on the forum.  
He's happy, I can tell you :-)

We had a number of suitors but chose GFI because we felt they would respect the 
technology, our support and our culture.  And all of the key Sunbelt executives 
are still here, myself inclu

RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

[Alex Eckelberry]

Like Stu said, we needed to do this.  Three big reasons: a) access to capital 
and resources, b) technology and c) new markets.

Running Sunbelt was like holding a tiger by the tail -- the growth was 
phenomenal, but the stress on the business is sometimes very intense.  Remember 
a few months back when our support went to hell because our antiquated phone 
system couldn't handle the load?  That was all related to not enough investment 
in our the right phone system.  Little things like this cause constant 
headaches.  I needed the find a partner with deep pockets -- and GFI has very 
deep pockets.  I could have gone with a venture capitalist, but there is a 
whole lot of other risk that comes with that...   And the first thing they did 
coming in here was start the process of buying a new phone system.  I like that.

On the technology side, you don't sit still in this business and last long.  
VIPRE is top of class, but there is a lot to be done, still.  I need better 
integration with MSP platforms, DLP technology, integrated patch and 
vulnerability assessment -- and much more.  GFI already has a lot of these 
technologies.  Another example is our mail strategy.  Many people are moving to 
a SaaS model for email security.  I was being left out of the party, but now 
GFI has their own SaaS platform.

Their access to new markets is also a major part of the transaction.  95% of 
our sales were in North America.  That's not sustainable, as we needed to move 
into international markets to sustain and grow the business.  Over 50% of GFI's 
sales are international, and that's a big pickup for us.

Finally, the issue of culture:  GFI's culture is very similar to ours.  While 
they have certainly had their issues in the past, the current CEO, Walter 
Scott, has the same attitudes that I have about customer support, product 
quality and taking care of the customer.  I have been very impressed with how 
they run this business (and it's certainly a world different than what it was 2 
years ago, before Scott and the new management team came in).

For our employees, it's a good thing. Out of 240 employees, there were only a 
handful of redundant positions (less than 10).  The vast majority of employees 
are here and continuing with the new organization.  The Tampa Bay location is 
going to be growing into an even larger operation.

Stu is retiring, but as he'll tell you, he had already moved on prior to the 
acquisition to focusing on writing his newsletters and had turned the majority 
of his tasks over.  This gives him the opportunity to focus on what he really 
enjoys -- writing and interacting with fellow admins.  He now gets to write 
full time and will still happily kill any thread he doesn't like on the forum.  
He's happy, I can tell you :-)

We had a number of suitors but chose GFI because we felt they would respect the 
technology, our support and our culture.  And all of the key Sunbelt executives 
are still here, myself included.  I am running the security business for GFI.  
I expect things will get better, not worse.

Alex

Alex Eckelberry, CEO
Sunbelt Software, a GFI company
33 N. Garden Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33755 p: 727-562-0101 x220
e: a...@sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:a...@sunbeltsoftware.com> MSN: 
alex...@hotmail.com<mailto:alex...@hotmail.com>
Skype: alexeckelberry oovoo: alexeck
w: www.sunbeltsoftware.com<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/> b: 
www.sunbeltblog.com<http://www.sunbeltblog.com/>





From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:07 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

That too

_
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From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:00 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

[cid:image001.jpg@01CB236D.5455AEE0]

Guess so!
LOL




-Original Message-
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:59 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

Oops... should have read *Let's hope Sunbelt's products/support don't end up 
worse*

Need. More. Coffe.

_
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Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 8:55 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

Let's

RE: Archiving solution

[Alex Eckelberry]

Actually Sunbelt Exchange Archiver does support 2010, except for full support 
for OWA.  We do have a workaround that can be used if OWA use is imperative.


Alex


From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 10:41 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

Neither RedGate nor Sunbelt's archivers currently support Exchange 2010 either. 
Thus my first comment in the thread. :)

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 10:38 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Archiving solution

Just an FYI.  Enteprise Vault 9 is the only version that supports E2K10.  From 
what I was told last, that is not going to hit the shelf until the 3rd quarter 
of this year.


John Bowles


From: Oliver Marshall [oliver.marsh...@g2support.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:13 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Archiving solution
Hi,

I'm looking for recommendations (either good or bad) of email archiving 
solutions for a colo'd Exchange 2010 box.

I'm looking at Red Gate, but the Symatec/Veritas Enterprise Vault some some 
good features too.

There's GFI as well though that always seems like it's on the small side of the 
SME market for my liking.

Any others that you have used ?

Olly



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RE: Exchange Hosting - Comparable to Exchange Online/Dedicated Hosting

[Alex Eckelberry]

http://www.intermedia.net/

 

From: Barsodi.John [mailto:john.bars...@igt.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange Hosting - Comparable to Exchange Online/Dedicated
Hosting

 

I'm looking for another reputable competitor to the MS Exchange online
offering.  

Preferably they would need to have an international presence in addition
to domestically.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

- JB

 

RE: [OT][HUMOR] Great supplier for those hard-to-find car parts

[Alex Eckelberry]

Although, I admit... I could never get Good Canada Air:

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_
id=48



Alex

-Original Message-
From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:41 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [OT][HUMOR] Great supplier for those hard-to-find car parts

Nice site, but I live Florida, so I have plenty of neighbors with extra
cars parked on their lawn "for parts".  

Alex


-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:12 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: [OT][HUMOR] Great supplier for those hard-to-find car parts


   Someone just sent me a link to a company that stocks those
hard-to-find car parts.  You know, those weird things that only your
particular make of car seems to need, and the regular stores never
seem to stock.

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

-- Ben

RE: [OT][HUMOR] Great supplier for those hard-to-find car parts

[Alex Eckelberry]

Nice site, but I live Florida, so I have plenty of neighbors with extra
cars parked on their lawn "for parts".  

Alex


-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:12 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: [OT][HUMOR] Great supplier for those hard-to-find car parts


   Someone just sent me a link to a company that stocks those
hard-to-find car parts.  You know, those weird things that only your
particular make of car seems to need, and the regular stores never
seem to stock.

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

-- Ben

RE: Very Vague Computer Slow Down

[Alex Eckelberry]

Some general things to start looking at
 
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6157505.html
 
 



From: Mousa Hamad [mailto:mha...@zetron.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:33 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Very Vague Computer Slow Down


All - 
 
I had mentioned something about it another thread of emails and realized
after the fact that I should have given my issue its own string so as to
not take away from the original query. I am going to try and my best to
fill in as many details as possible about our issue and see if I can get
some feed back because I am really spinning my wheels on this problem:
 
Basically at random intervals throughout the day folks will experience a
"slow down" or "freeze up" in Outlook 2003 (all machines running XP Pro
SP3/Office2003 SP3) and a telnet program that we use. We have several
subnets and this is occurring across all of them at random times and to
random people. 
 
When this behavior occurs svchost.exe will spike on the machines to 99%.
It is impossible to recreate this problem and it is NOT happening to
everyone. Like most companies there are certain people who are in these
programs more than others so they may notice it more, but I am in
Outlook all the time and have not had this behavior occur.
 
I have researched and tried to pin point anything locally that might be
causing this, I have done rebuilds of machines, tried running Outlook in
Safe Mode all to no avail.
 
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions they are willing to throw my
way? Thank you in advance and have a happy holiday weekend!!
 

Mousa Hamad 


 

RE: Listserv on Exchange

[Alex Eckelberry]

IMHO, just get a cheap Linux box and run Mailman (free and excellent).
Once people see how awesomely useful Listservs can be, you'll get
requests for more of them to be setup anyway.  
 
Alex
 



From: Derik Peek [mailto:dp...@sctelcofcu.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:38 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Listserv on Exchange



Quick Question...

We are trying to set up an internal listserv on our Exchange 2007
server.  It will be small (about 10 users) and it will be strictly
internal.  Is this possible through exchange without using any add-ons?
(or any expensive add-ons)  And if so can anyone point me in the right
direction as I have been searching for an answer to this for most of the
day.  Thank you

 

 

 

 

If you have any questions about this please email or call me.  Thank you

 

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fax: 864.271.6264

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RE: VIPRE

[Alex Eckelberry]

We'll get you some help right away.

 

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VIPRE

 

On my 2 systems at home, my son's any mine, the services keep stopping
every few days any idea why and /how to prevent that from happening?

 

Stefan

 

From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] 
Sent: June-05-09 8:16 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VIPRE

 

David,

I have deployed Vipre to dozens of Enterprise clients as well the home
version to everyone who has asked me to help them with their "slow
Internet" at home.  The Enterprise deployments have been migrations from
Mcafee, Trend, Syman-crap and greenfield deployments all without issue.
I realize I sound like a commercial but this solution is freakin' rock
solid.  Feel free to contact me offlist is you would like further
information. 

 

Shook

 

From: David Baca [mailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:54 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: VIPRE

 

I know this is a sunbelt list but I would like to hear some opinions of
VIPRE and how you compare it against other AV, anitmalware products.  I
currently use TrendMicro and have no issues with it.  It has caught most
virus' that come through and missed a few.  I know VIPRE is cheaper and
uses little processing power when it runs.  What i am trying to figure
out is any downside to moving over to it.  I know when i used counterspy
when it first came out we used to run into problems where it would
quarantine files it shouldn't have like windows associated dll's or
something like it.  Has this changed?  we sometime deal with some
development software and i don't want to get a bunch of calls if the
software is too aggressive after an update.

 

 

Hope that make sense.  I appreciate any input you may have.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

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RE: Microsoft Recommends Against Stubbing

[Alex Eckelberry]

Thanks Eric. 
 
I am totally biased, admittedly, but I personally think Microsoft is
either a) flat-out wrong or b) ill-advised.  
 
With SEA, 
 
a) You can move items out of the store completely, just like Microsoft
recommends. 
 
b) The fact that a message is stubbed doesn't mean the entire contents
isn't searchable. 
 
c) End user experience with our stubbing technology is far superior to
having the messages go off into the archive, without the end-user being
able to access them... and so on. 
 
d) Happily, you get the best of both worlds:  Your email is fully
accessible, and your store size drops dramatically. 
 
Alex
Alex Eckelberry, CEO
Sunbelt Software, Inc.
33 N. Garden Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33755
727.562.0101 x220
a...@sunbeltsoftware.com <mailto:a...@sunbeltsoftware.com> 
www.sunbeltsoftware.com <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/>  
www.sunbeltblog.com <http://www.sunbeltblog.com/> 
 



From: Eric Hanna [mailto:eri...@sunbelt-software.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:33 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Microsoft Recommends Against Stubbing



Stefan,

 

I agree with Michael and every solution will have pros and cons, the
sales reps will push their pros to make you forget their cons...it is
just a fact. 

 

I do work with SEA on a constant basis and can probably give a little
insight into your concerns. 

 

SEA does use retention policies so that it can delete shortcuts after a
given amount of time. The message is still archived, but is not present
to the end-user unless they go to archives. Outlook being slow due to a
growing number of emails in it has nothing to do with it being stubbed
or not. It doesn't matter if you have 5GB of regular old email or you
have 5GB of stubbed messages, it is going to take time to load. As for
the search problems, SEA actually keeps the content of the message in
outlook, as part of the stub. This means you can actually use Outlook
search for stubbed messages that still reside in Outlook, just like you
would for non-stubbed messages. I am sure other applications have the
same tools but, for example, SEA can use full-text indexing in which you
can add an outlook add-in to your client and search all archived items
for this user (there is also a web application that uses this too).
True, this is only for archived messages and, true, if you are archiving
for several years, it will be a slower but the search results allow you
to search all archived messages and have the ability to return searches
based on archive dates, modified dates, archived dates, from, to, etc.

 

Oops, guess I took too long to respond. I can stop typing now :-)

 

Sincerely,

 

Eric Hanna

Lead Enterprise Technical Services Specialist

Sunbelt Software



From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:33 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: FW: Microsoft Recommends Against Stubbing

 

I'm looking to Purchase Sunbelt SEA but maybe I should not!

This is from the competition that's try to sell me an appliance.

 

___

Stefan Jafs

 

 

Stefan, I had the opportunity to view the Sunbelt demo today. I did not
know that they used "stubbing" instead of journaling. 

Here's some information to consider straight from Microsoft: 

>From Ferris Research:

An important feature of email archiving is called "stubbing." This is a
process whereby an entire email or just the attachment is removed from
Exchange and replaced with a "stub" file. When the user opens the
message in Outlook, the stub file retrieves the archived email and/or
attachment from the archive. The benefit is reduced Exchange storage.

Microsoft is now recommending against the use of stubbing:

*   Search problems. If you retain months (and years) of stub files,
several hundred thousand messages will be processed in this way. The
probability of successfully locating a specific message with Outlook
search is greatly reduced when you do not have a significant portion of
the message body available. Users need to go to the archive multiple
times to find a desired message. Third-party email archiving solutions
solve the problem of mailbox size, but they reduce search efficiency and
increase user time performing multiple searches. 
*   Performance. If folders contain a large number of messages, even
ones just consisting of stubs, Outlook slows down a lot. 

Microsoft therefore recommends that third-party email archiving
solutions be configured to move email content completely out of the
mailbox without retaining stub files in the mailbox. For more
information, read this TechNet article
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc671168(EXCHG.80).aspx> .
The information targets Exchange 2007, but it is also relevant for
Exchange 2003 systems considering third-party email archiving.

 

RE: O ut o f the O ffice Consequences

[Alex Eckelberry]

Well, I blogged it yesterday ;-)
 
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-reason-why-oofs-suck.htm
l
 
 
Alex
 
 
 



From: Simon Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:32 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: O ut o f the O ffice Consequences


Surprised that no one else has posted this from the BBC yesterday. 
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7702913.stm
 
"When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they
thought the reply was what they needed. 
 
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I
am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be
translated". 
 
So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries
from a road near a supermarket. "
 
(email subject line adjusted on purpose)
 
Simon. 

 
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RE: email archiving

[Alex Eckelberry]

Hey, be nice to customers of Sunbelt!  They pay for this list! ;-)
 
 
Alex
 



From: Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 3:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving


I get the impression that Bob like SEA men  :) j/k



From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 3:46 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving


SEA = Shook in his underwear.




From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 3:29 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: email archiving


Hmmm, I get the impression that Bob likes SEA


On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Bob Fronk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


If I am not mistaken... SEA will do that.


Bob Fronk
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:16 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: email archiving
>
> Ah.
>
> I'm looking at an archiving solution to take care of three
servers,
> one each in the UK, US and Australia. That'lll prove
interesting.
> We're currently using MJ to get all mail to a mailbox here,
and
> (YUCK!) manually archiving to PSTs. It's painful, sinful, and
a
> heinous waste of time and resources, along with being not
useful in
> the event that we need to recover email. Thanks be to Chuthulu
that we
> haven't yet run into a discovery motion, or anything like it.
>
> Kurt
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Bob Fronk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Just one Exchange server.  (However I do have a replicate
server
using
> > DoubleTake at another site)
> >
> > Bob Fronk
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:54 PM
> >> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> >> Subject: Re: email archiving
> >>
> >> How many Exchange servers, and how widely separated are
they?
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:46 AM, Bob Fronk
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >> > Journaling is NOT enabled.  I am using SEA's Direct
Archive and
see
> > very
> >> > little (if any)impact on our Exchange server.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Bob Fronk
> >> >
> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:40 AM
> >> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> >> > Subject: RE: email archiving
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Bob are you running it with journaling turned off?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:34 AM
> >> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> >> > Subject: RE: email archiving
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I am using SEA and am very happy with it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Bob Fronk
> >> >
> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:29 AM
> >> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> >> > Subject: RE: email archiving
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I didn't think there were any specific regs concerning
HIPAA and
> > email
> >> > retention.
> >> >
> >> > Anyone on the list using our hosts product? Sunbelt
Archiver.
They
> > do
> >> > mention that it doesn't require journaling turned on.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:38 AM
> >> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> >> > Subject: email archiving
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I'm sure this topic has come up before so excuse me it
this is
old
> > hat.
> >> >
> >> > We are looking at an email archive solution from an
outside
vendor.
> > I don't
> >> > know much about it except they put an appliance on our
network
and
> > turn
> >> > Journaling "on" on our Exchange server, and it's wildly
expensive.
  

RE: email archiving

[Alex Eckelberry]

We have customers that are using direct archiving for a little more than
100 mailboxes without problems, but since the bottleneck is the Exchange
Server,  we do not suggest direct archiving for more than 50 mailboxes.
Instead we prefer setting up jobs that run every couple of hours, which
has the same effect.  Or use journaling, which the product supports. 
 
HTH,
 
Alex
 



From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:33 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving



Alex what is the cutoff for a small shop? 250, 500 mailboxes?

 

From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:28 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving

 

Actually you can opt to use Journaling or not in SEA. 

 

There are also environmental considerations to consider, Direct Archving
works well in smaller shops but for larger operations, we recommend
Journaling instead for overhead reasons.

 

Alex


Alex Eckelberry
CEO
Sunbelt Software
33 N. Garden Avenue, Suite 1200
Clearwater, FL 33755
e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
p: 727.562.0101 x220
f: 727-562-3402
w: www.sunbeltsoftware.com <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/> 
b: www.sunbeltblog.com <http://www.sunbeltblog.com/> 
 

 

 

 



From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:44 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving

SEA doesn't use Journaling.

 

"Direct Archiving" eliminates need for Journaling
SEA provides a unique Direct Archiving feature that enables archiving of
emails immediately after they are received. Direct Archiving is a
significant breakthrough in efficient email archiving which eliminates
the need for the Exchange Journal mailbox. Immediate archiving onto
storage media improves the performance of the Exchange server, helps to
ensure legal compliance, and diminishes the necessity to apply
scheduler, threshold and quota archiving jobs. 

 



From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:40 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving

Bob are you running it with journaling turned off?

 

From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:34 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving

 

I am using SEA and am very happy with it.

 

 

Bob Fronk

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:29 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving

 

I didn't think there were any specific regs concerning HIPAA and email
retention.

Anyone on the list using our hosts product? Sunbelt Archiver. They do
mention that it doesn't require journaling turned on.

 

From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:38 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: email archiving

 

I'm sure this topic has come up before so excuse me it this is old hat.


We are looking at an email archive solution from an outside vendor.  I
don't know much about it except they put an appliance on our network and
turn Journaling "on" on our Exchange server, and it's wildly expensive.

Can someone give me an "in-a-nutshell" explanation of how this works?
Is this the best solution for our money?  Any alternatives?  We are a
non-profit behavioral health facility trying to stay HIPAA compliant.

We have a 2003 Domain w/Exchange 2003.  Approx 250 mailboxes and right
now my total mail store is 30 gigs (priv and pub).

 

Thanks,

Paul Everett 
IS Dept. 
Lee Mental Health Center 
239-791-1551 

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Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services.
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RE: email archiving

[Alex Eckelberry]

Actually you can opt to use Journaling or not in SEA. 
 
There are also environmental considerations to consider, Direct Archving
works well in smaller shops but for larger operations, we recommend
Journaling instead for overhead reasons.
 
Alex


Alex Eckelberry
CEO
Sunbelt Software
33 N. Garden Avenue, Suite 1200
Clearwater, FL 33755
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f: 727-562-3402
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b: www.sunbeltblog.com <http://www.sunbeltblog.com/> 
 

 

 




From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:44 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving


SEA doesn't use Journaling.
 
"Direct Archiving" eliminates need for Journaling
SEA provides a unique Direct Archiving feature that enables archiving of
emails immediately after they are received. Direct Archiving is a
significant breakthrough in efficient email archiving which eliminates
the need for the Exchange Journal mailbox. Immediate archiving onto
storage media improves the performance of the Exchange server, helps to
ensure legal compliance, and diminishes the necessity to apply
scheduler, threshold and quota archiving jobs. 




From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:40 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving



Bob are you running it with journaling turned off?

 

From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:34 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving

 

I am using SEA and am very happy with it.

 

 

Bob Fronk

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:29 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: email archiving

 

I didn't think there were any specific regs concerning HIPAA and email
retention.

Anyone on the list using our hosts product? Sunbelt Archiver. They do
mention that it doesn't require journaling turned on.

 

From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:38 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: email archiving

 

I'm sure this topic has come up before so excuse me it this is old hat.


We are looking at an email archive solution from an outside vendor.  I
don't know much about it except they put an appliance on our network and
turn Journaling "on" on our Exchange server, and it's wildly expensive.

Can someone give me an "in-a-nutshell" explanation of how this works?
Is this the best solution for our money?  Any alternatives?  We are a
non-profit behavioral health facility trying to stay HIPAA compliant.

We have a 2003 Domain w/Exchange 2003.  Approx 250 mailboxes and right
now my total mail store is 30 gigs (priv and pub).

 

Thanks,

Paul Everett 
IS Dept. 
Lee Mental Health Center 
239-791-1551 

"Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper
Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services.
Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.org
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RE: OT -- Xonbi - like it?-

[Alex Eckelberry]

It's a cool product.  Rumors were rampant that they were going to get
bought by Microsoft but apparently that never occurred.  
 
My only beef was resource usage, but I did test an early beta and there
was still probably a lot of debug code in the earlier versions.
 
And no, I don't have any invites left ;-)
 
Alex
 



From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:34 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: OT -- Xonbi - like it?-


 
Has anyone played with Xonbi yet? http://www.xobni.com/friend/MTA4MTcx
  I think that I am in software
love with this product. Pretty graphs showing when I get emails from
people, phone numbers striped and saved for me ( I am lazy), all of the
attachments from people in a super fast to get to spot (this saves me
huge amounts of times) and the social thing is kind of cool.
 
 
 
 
 
~Kevinm WLKMMAS
Formerly of Microsoft  , now powered
by 3Sharp  , Always WLKMMAS
 
 
 
 


 


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RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones

[Alex Eckelberry]

Fwiw, here at Sunbelt, we're a Blackberry shop.  I've just never found a really 
happy Windows CE user.   Blackberries are wonderful email machines, and they 
are incredibly durable and reliable.   Now, we do have a BES server which we 
get as a Blackberry partner. But I am a strong believer in Blackberries -- 
again, for email, they are incredible.  For browsing the web, well, get an 
iPhone. 

-Original Message-
From: Amer Karim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones

Yes - depending on your current load on the SBS server, of course.  I have two 
installations of it on clients' SBS 2003 - three counting my own.  

Regards,
Amer Karim
Nautilis Information Systems


-Original Message-
From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: April-02-08 5:17 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones

Good call, so this professional version could be installed directly in the SBS 
2003 server? 

Miguel



--- Don Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:

> Agree - and perhaps best of all, no need to allow any inbound IP 
> connections - the BES initiates the connection outbound - and provides 
> intranet browser access as well (limited of course to the BB Browser).
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Amer Karim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:49 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones
> 
> For two users, I would recommend you look at RIM's Blackberry 
> Professional Software - 
> http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/professional/.
> 
> It includes one CAL with the free download and you can purchase 
> additional licenses as you need them for up to 30.  I have it 
> installed and running on a couple of SBS 2003 servers, for less than 
> 10 BB users; I would suggest that you install it on a separate machine 
> for more than that though that would also depend on the load on your 
> server.
> Either way, you can download
> the software and try it out for one of your users or testing purposes; 
> if you like it, you can purchase the additional CAL.
> 
> Regards,
> Amer Karim
> Nautilis Information Systems
> -Original Message-
> From: Miguel Gonzalez
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: April-02-08 4:31 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones
> 
> I think right now they are thinking of two users, I don't know if the 
> user base will grow in the future (I guess).
> 
> We have ISA 2004 server and thinking of migrating to ISA 2006.
> 
> They need email and calendaring.
> 
> BB server needs to be installed in a different machine? If so, It 
> requires a Windows server machine?
> What is the range or pricing of BB Server?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Miguel
> 
> 
> --- John Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> 
> > It really depends on several factors - how many users? Firewall 
> > configuration? Actual need - just incredible e-mail or do you 
> > actually need all of
> the
> > other bells and whistles? Yes BES costs a little
> and
> > requires a server but once its set up you can basically forget about 
> > it until you need to add another user or something of that nature. I
> consider
> > the BB far superior when it comes to providing e-mail for ID10Ts on 
> > the road. I have it installed on an 8 yr old repurposed Dell 
> > workstation with no issues. YMMV
> > 
> > John W. Cook
> > System Administrator
> > Partnership For Strong Families
> > 315 SE 2nd Ave
> > Gainesville, Fl 32601
> > Office (352) 393-2741 x320
> > Cell (352) 215-6944
> > Fax (352) 393-2746
> > MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+
> > 
> > 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Jeremy Phillips
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:59 PM
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Blackberries or Windows CE phones
> > 
> > If you want the least headaches possible, then run Windows Mobile 
> > with ActiveSync, which should work fine with Exchange 2003. 
> > Blackberry does, in fact, require another server.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Jeremy Phillips
> > Senior Messaging Engineer
> > Azaleos Corporation
> > 
> > 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Miguel Gonzalez
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:54 PM
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: Blackberries or Windows CE phones
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  We currently have a SBS 2003 server running Exchange 2003. We are 
> > planning to migrate to Exchange 2007, however, I don't have a 
> > timeline for that
> migration
> > yet.
> > 
> >  In the meantime, I've been asked about phones and the costs for 
> > making them to work with our current Exchange server.
> > 
> >  My assumption is that Blackberries require a Blackberry server and 
> > apart of the cost, could be
> a
> > headache.
> > 
> >  My guess is that Windows CE is probably better suited to work 
> 

RE: Ninja on Cluster

[Alex Eckelberry]

You're better off posting this question on the Ninja list, here:

http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=ninja-u
sers

It would help if one knew what version of Exchange you're dealing with.

Take care,


Alex
 

-Original Message-
From: Colin McDerment (STFC, ITC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 6:39 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Ninja on Cluster

We are evaluating Ninja and placed it onto our test exchange server and
all looks good, however when we read the set up instructions it states
that the current release doesn't support active/active clustering.
Whilst we don't have active/active this type of configuration we are
unsure as to how easy to manage it will be in our environment.  
We have an active/active/active/passive cluster and was curious if
anyone else has Ninja installed in a similar configuration?

Thanks


Colin 

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RE: finally a new product for the Girl Scouts :)

[Alex Eckelberry]

Feel free to post the same question to the Ninja list -- 
 
http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=ninja-u
sers
 
Alex
 



From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:58 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: OT: finally a new product for the Girl Scouts :)



So, after explaining and having a very long meeting last night, I
convinced our Directors to move away from Trend ScanMail and move to
Ninja, so this weekend I will be removing Trend Scan Mail 8 and
installing Ninja. Are there any caveats I need to look out for when I
perform this task?

 

 

TIA,

 

Thomas Gonzalez

Technology Manager

Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas

210.349.2404 phone
210.403.1586 DID

210.349.2666 fax

www.girlscouts-swtx.org  

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  

 


 




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RE: Vista SP1

[Alex Eckelberry]

FYI:

Updates that Microsoft Corp. began feeding Windows Vista users last week
to prep PCs for next month's release of Service Pack 1 (SP1) have
crippled some machines, according to messages posted to the company's
support site. 

Microsoft said it is investigating the reports. 

Last Tuesday, Microsoft started sending Vista users two final
prerequisite updates that are required before SP1 can be installed in
March. The updates to the operating system's install components were
delivered via Windows Updates, which automatically downloaded and
installed them on the majority of Vista machines. 

Users quickly started squawking. 

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&;
articleId=9063158
 

-Original Message-
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:30 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Vista SP1

someone posted the regedit a few days back to get the SP1 off the
windows update site. 

-Original Message-
From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:04 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Vista SP1

Vista SP1 was announced early Feb. It should be available to the public
by the end of March or early April.  AFTER the OEM's have a chance to
tweak it and incorporate it into their hardware base. 


John H. Matteson, Jr.
Systems Administrator/ITT Systems
FOB Orgun-E
Afghanistan
DSN - 318 431 8001
VoSIP - (308) 431 - 
Iridium - 717.633.3823

"A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group
in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among
you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the
Stars and Stripes."  Woodrow Wilson


-Original Message-
From: Victor Rodriguez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:44 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Vista SP1

Does anyone have access to Vista SP1 they can post on a FTP site for
Download

Not the release candidate the full version

 

Victor Rodriguez

Inter America Data Florida LLC

1987 NW 88 Court Suite 201

Doral, Fl 33172

Office # (305)443-0331 x1201

Cell # (786)282-4838

 

 

 


 


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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

Yes, and no. 
 
But the answer to your question is a fairly long-winded marketing-type
thing, involved positioning ladders in the mind and all that kind of
mumbo-jumbo.  If you're curious, a lot of this type of marketing theory
is covered in the books by Al Riess and Jack Trout. 
 
And I do agree, it's a rough-and-tumble tagline.   
 
Alex
 



From: Don Andrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:12 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer





Wouldn't have taken too many words to say something like "A friendlier,
faster, more cost effective alternative to Barracuda", would it?
(assuming all those were true of course)

 

________

From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:56 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

 

 

Whatever, it's marketing. Many may hate the tagline, but everyone will
immediately understand what Sunbelt just released.   

Alex

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

Be wary of any product that claims to be a 'killer' of other products.
It reeks of mediocrity or an inferiority complex.



____

From: "Alex Eckelberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:35 PM
To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" 
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

good point, thanks, keep it all coming. 

-Original Message-
From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

> Yes there are three preconfigured levels, but you can add or delete 
> any attachment rule within any of those levels.

Excellent, maybe a UI improvement is in order for a future release, this
should be an obvious and easy to change feature (like right there on
that page with the three levels as a 4th option with a "customize..."
button).

Thanks for the quick replies, that's a good sign. :)

~JasonG

-- 

 

 

 

 


 



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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

> I lose the sweet integration, per user granular control, policies, etc
by going to the hardware solution?  

 

Yes, you lose those.  But I have some ideas, I'll contact you off-list. 

 

 

Alex

 




From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:02 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer





Alex, if I may:

 

I'm totally redoing our spam solution (ripping out GFI b\c it is crappy
piece of software that causes me and our staff nothing but headaches and
when support is called all we get it "your settings/config looks
perfect; the software shouldn't be doing that"... Freakin' morons  /end
rant) and I was going to put in Ninja due to my past success with the
product BUT now with the blade solution.  I really, really like the
solution in front of my exchange server but do I lose the sweet
integration, per user granular control, policies, etc by going to the
hardware solution?  

 

I realize it's optimal to have both but that ain't going to happen.
TIA.  

 

Shook

http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook  

____

From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

 

 

$1995 for the base model, $599 for maint.This model is rated up to
500 users. 

 

 



From: Rick Corgiat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:08 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

 

Stu

I couldn't find pricing. Did I miss a link?

 

Rick

 



From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:58 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer
Importance: High

 

 

Hi All, 

 

Here is one of my infamous, genuine 100% commercial messages !   ;-D 

 

The subject essentially said it all. We built a very high quality
appliance,

with carrier-grade software, using a Dell server. We're quite excited to
be able 

to offer this now, in addition to the Ninja Email  Security software
product itself. 

 

The pricing is -very- competitive. Check out the microsite we built for
our new 'Blade':

 

http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/rd/?id=080117BL-NINJABLADE

 

Warm regards,

 

Stu

 

PS, If you want to play with the actual interface, you need to fill out
the

'request eval' form, and in the auto-return email will be a link with a 

username and password so you can see how it looks. A world of 

difference compared to the 'cuda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 



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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

Whatever, it's marketing. Many may hate the tagline, but everyone will
immediately understand what Sunbelt just released.   


Alex
 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer


Be wary of any product that claims to be a 'killer' of other products.
It reeks of mediocrity or an inferiority complex.



____

From: "Alex Eckelberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:35 PM
To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" 
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

good point, thanks, keep it all coming. 

-Original Message-
From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

> Yes there are three preconfigured levels, but you can add or delete 
> any attachment rule within any of those levels.

Excellent, maybe a UI improvement is in order for a future release, this
should be an obvious and easy to change feature (like right there on
that page with the three levels as a 4th option with a "customize..."
button).

Thanks for the quick replies, that's a good sign. :)

~JasonG

-- 


 


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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

$1995 for the base model, $599 for maint.This model is rated up to
500 users. 
 



From: Rick Corgiat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:08 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer





Stu

I couldn't find pricing. Did I miss a link?

 

Rick

 



From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:58 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer
Importance: High

 

 

Hi All, 

 

Here is one of my infamous, genuine 100% commercial messages !   ;-D 

 

The subject essentially said it all. We built a very high quality
appliance,

with carrier-grade software, using a Dell server. We're quite excited to
be able 

to offer this now, in addition to the Ninja Email  Security software
product itself. 

 

The pricing is -very- competitive. Check out the microsite we built for
our new 'Blade':

 

http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/rd/?id=080117BL-NINJABLADE

 

Warm regards,

 

Stu

 

PS, If you want to play with the actual interface, you need to fill out
the

'request eval' form, and in the auto-return email will be a link with a 

username and password so you can see how it looks. A world of 

difference compared to the 'cuda.

 

 

 


 



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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

good point, thanks, keep it all coming. 

-Original Message-
From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:49 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

> Yes there are three preconfigured levels, but you can add or delete 
> any attachment rule within any of those levels.

Excellent, maybe a UI improvement is in order for a future release, this
should be an obvious and easy to change feature (like right there on
that page with the three levels as a 4th option with a "customize..."
button).

Thanks for the quick replies, that's a good sign.  :)

~JasonG

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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

> It's not a bad product.  :) So what Lunix [sic] are you running?

CentOS

All your other points are noted (and agreed)

> Non customizable file extension filtering is the most glaring defect I
see.  

Not sure I get that, the product supports such a feature. 

Alex



-Original Message-
From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:08 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

> Incidentally, this is the MTA that's under-the-hood:
> 
>
http://www.messagesystems.com/carrier_suite/carrierSuiteSpecifications.h
tm
l

It's not a bad product.  :) So what Lunix [sic] are you running?

...and what's the official word on the default NDR settings?

While you're at it adding features, you might want to iptables drop any
connections from the BOGON list and the Spamhaus DROP list.  That'll
free up the cpu by an order of magnitude.

BTW, you will make the Spamhaus people happy if you offer the zen list
instead when people pick both xbl and sbl (and you get the pbl for
free).
You'll make them even happier if you donate every year and will gain
community goodwill and higher sales.

Of note is barracuda who has and continues to bite, stamp on, throw
away, and generally defecate on all the various hands that feed them...
Ignore
their history at your peril.

I think Stu knows very well what it's like when you piss off the OS
community.  I think it's funny when I see fallout today from things he
did nearly a decade ago; that should tell you how serious of a thing a
reputation is.

~JasonG

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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

Jason, all great points.  You're going to see a lot of feature enhancements 
coming out in updates over the coming months.  

There's a vast amount of functionality in the MTA that we simply haven't 
exposed through the UI.  It's a matter of us exposing it, testing it, and then 
shipping it.  

Incidentally, this is the MTA that's under-the-hood: 

http://www.messagesystems.com/carrier_suite/carrierSuiteSpecifications.html



Alex


-Original Message-
From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:45 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

> Not to disparage, but a couple of friends and  went through the 
> interface of the online demo and were surprised to find a bunch of 
> abilities not there.
> 
> Is the demo up-to-date with the production release?

I read through the complete datasheet and this looks pretty low end from a 
software feature standpoint.  As long as it doesn't NDR by default on 
dictionary attacks I could recommend this as a 'cuda replacement.

It will probably be fine for small and the low-end medium size shops, but they 
will have to add a lot more functionality to compete successfully with the 
Ironports and the Can-It Pros of the world.  Non customizable file extension 
filtering is the most glaring defect I see.  There's a lot more that seems 
similarly limited.  Docs are decent, but it would be nice to see some wording 
in the setup docs to steer the clueless towards better practices such as NOT 
having disclaimers.  Low end shops would probably also appreciate some exchange 
hand holding WRT smart hosts setup and etc...

I guess (for around 20 aliases) $1500 would be reasonable for the 500 model w/ 
a year of 24x7x365 support and 4hr replacement.  Maybe $500 per year after that 
for support.

my 2¢

~JasonG

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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

> Does the blade support or have any future plans to support
failover/clustering/or load balancing ?  Encryption partner? 
 
Failover and clustering support is certainly on the roadmap.  Encryption
is a possibility. 




From: Barsodi.John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:34 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer






Alex,

 

I just read your blog.  Does the blade support or have any future plans
to support failover/clustering/or load balancing ?  Encryption partner? 

 

The product looks great, I'm not a fan whatsoever of cuda's, granted
this is targeted at a smaller market than I am in, but I would give the
blade a hard look if I were to have an opportunity to again.

 

Good luck with the product.

 

-  John

 

From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:20 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

 

 

I've also blogged about it here:

 

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/our-first-hardware-product-ninja
blade.html

 

 

 

 



From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:58 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer
Importance: High

 

Hi All, 

 

Here is one of my infamous, genuine 100% commercial messages !   ;-D 

 

The subject essentially said it all. We built a very high quality
appliance,

with carrier-grade software, using a Dell server. We're quite excited to
be able 

to offer this now, in addition to the Ninja Email  Security software
product itself. 

 

The pricing is -very- competitive. Check out the microsite we built for
our new 'Blade':

 

http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/rd/?id=080117BL-NINJABLADE

 

Warm regards,

 

Stu

 

PS, If you want to play with the actual interface, you need to fill out
the

'request eval' form, and in the auto-return email will be a link with a 

username and password so you can see how it looks. A world of 

difference compared to the 'cuda.

 

 

 

 

 


 



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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

I think in general you'll find that Ninja has "everything you need,
nothing you don't".  Feature comparison checklists abound, but the
product is focused on delivering high quality email filtering.  As we
continue development, more bells and whistles will come out. 
 
To me, the standout features on this product is a) the pricing
(personally, I think it's way too low, and we don't make much on these
things), b) Dell hardware, with 4-hour onsite service free with every
box and b) the quality of the underlying engines.   
 
Alex
 



From: Don Andrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:06 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer





Care to compare it with Tumbleweed's Mailgate - and perhaps some of the
others?

 



From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:58 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer
Importance: High

 

 

Hi All, 

 

Here is one of my infamous, genuine 100% commercial messages !   ;-D 

 

The subject essentially said it all. We built a very high quality
appliance,

with carrier-grade software, using a Dell server. We're quite excited to
be able 

to offer this now, in addition to the Ninja Email  Security software
product itself. 

 

The pricing is -very- competitive. Check out the microsite we built for
our new 'Blade':

 

http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/rd/?id=080117BL-NINJABLADE

 

Warm regards,

 

Stu

 

PS, If you want to play with the actual interface, you need to fill out
the

'request eval' form, and in the auto-return email will be a link with a 

username and password so you can see how it looks. A world of 

difference compared to the 'cuda.

 

 

 


 



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~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~

RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

yes



From: Matt Lathrum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:16 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer





Is there LDAP filtering support?

 

 

From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:58 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer
Importance: High

 

 

Hi All, 

 

Here is one of my infamous, genuine 100% commercial messages !   ;-D 

 

The subject essentially said it all. We built a very high quality
appliance,

with carrier-grade software, using a Dell server. We're quite excited to
be able 

to offer this now, in addition to the Ninja Email  Security software
product itself. 

 

The pricing is -very- competitive. Check out the microsite we built for
our new 'Blade':

 

http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/rd/?id=080117BL-NINJABLADE

 

Warm regards,

 

Stu

 

PS, If you want to play with the actual interface, you need to fill out
the

'request eval' form, and in the auto-return email will be a link with a 

username and password so you can see how it looks. A world of 

difference compared to the 'cuda.

 

 

 


 



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RE: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer

[Alex Eckelberry]

I've also blogged about it here:
 
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/our-first-hardware-product-ninja
blade.html
 
 
 



From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:58 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Sunbelt Announces Ninja Blade - The Barracuda Killer
Importance: High




Hi All, 
 
Here is one of my infamous, genuine 100% commercial messages !   ;-D 
 
The subject essentially said it all. We built a very high quality
appliance,
with carrier-grade software, using a Dell server. We're quite excited to
be able 
to offer this now, in addition to the Ninja Email  Security software
product itself. 
 
The pricing is -very- competitive. Check out the microsite we built for
our new 'Blade':
 
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/rd/?id=080117BL-NINJABLADE
 
Warm regards,
 
Stu
 
PS, If you want to play with the actual interface, you need to fill out
the
'request eval' form, and in the auto-return email will be a link with a 
username and password so you can see how it looks. A world of 
difference compared to the 'cuda.


 



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RE: Hosted Exchange...

[Alex Eckelberry]

I would take a serious look at intermedia



From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:38 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Hosted Exchange...




 

 


Hello all...

 

Hope everyone had a great Christmas...my son got his 5th guitar and
we've had hours of music in our house ever since.  The boy can play!

 

Anyway, I've been asked to look into hosted Exchange options.  Goggling
revealed many companies who look offer essentially the same service,
uptime guarantees, etc.  We have some requirements; RPC over HTTPS,
public folders, Blackberries, and our Outlook clients use plug-ins like
Certified Mail and Salesforce.  Our existing environment is Exchange
2003 and our client is Outlook 2003.

 

Can you folks recommend companies that you may use or have used?  Are
the any I should stay away from?  And for those of you who have had
experience with Exchange hosting, are there any caveats?

 

I sure would appreciate any help/advice.

 

NOTE:  I'm sending this to both the NT and Exchange lists.

 

 

Bill Lambert

Windows System Administrator

Concuity

A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc.  

Phone  847-941-9206

Fax  847-465-9147

 

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