RE: Firewall for home users
they must have extended it again! The length of that put my original message to shame! -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 August 2008 18:26 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firewall for home users That's one heckuva sig dude. Wow. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firewall for home users I use IPCop and it's a great way to recycle old computers. If you're spending more than about $50 for a home router/security box and you have old boxes available at no cost, it's actually less expensive, the extra electricity the IPcop box uses is about $15-$20/year. Addons allow scanning using ClamAV and blocking of bad sites using DansGuardian. I wish electricity was that cheap in the UK :-( The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.QinetiQ.com/home/legal.html ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.QinetiQ.com/home/legal.html ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Firewall for home users
Or no wonder the internet is so slow in the UK, so much [EMAIL PROTECTED] being generated in our email signatures :-) -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 August 2008 01:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Firewall for home users On 20 Aug 2008 at 15:09, Lenny Bensman wrote: LOL, indeed!!! On 8/20/08, Mike Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's one heckuva sig dude. Wow. Indeed ... 28 sig lines to match up with a one-line reply. What a HUGE waste of electrons, no WONDER British electricity is so expensive ... -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.QinetiQ.com/home/legal.html ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Slightly Off Topic......RE VM naming convention
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957006 S -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VM naming convention Current customer has country codesite codemachine codetype codeenvironment codeincrementing value e.g. au2104vp (Australia, Particular office, virtual machine, production, machine code) -vs- au2104dpAAAB (Australia, Particular office, domain controller, production, machine code) Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 1:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VM naming convention As silly as it sounds. Name them from characters in the Matrix. That way we know they're not a Real World machine. Yeah, I'm weird... but it works. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Dennis Melahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 08:21 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VM naming convention Quick question to you vmware workstation guys. We have decided to use workstation for a few of our engineering power users. We've always used the machine asset number in the naming convention to maintain uniqueness. If we do that with the VMs (ie - 12345vm1) then the number will be wrong when the vm is transported into then next host. On my setup I use the OS description (ie - S2K3x32Stnd_VM1), but these aren't joined to the domain either. What do you guys do? Thanks, Dennis ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Disabling accounts
I am cleaning up user accounts and find that some of my board members that have offices here and have a voicemail box only. They don't have computers or have need for network access just voicemail. We have Cisco Unity tied into our Microsoft Exchange. Can I disable their accounts because the VOIP access does not appear to affect the LastLogon counter in AD. The chairman of the board comes in every Wednesday and checks voicemail like clockwork but his AD account states it hasn't been used in over 784 days If I disable that account will it disable his Voicemail??? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
SBS 2003 swing migration?
List, Got a client wanting me to redo his SBS environment on new hardware, in other words start from scratch on a fresh box in order to clean up from the crap-o work his former IT shop did. I can build from scratch, migrate data and join the PCs to the new domain but is there a better way? TIA, Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: SBS 2003 swing migration?
http://www.sbsmigration.com/pages/96/ This looks pretty good, and I've been thinking pretty hard about doing this here at the firm. For $200 and reduced (almost no) downtime the price can't really be beat. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, because I have to get approval for every purchase not in my budget this year, and I don't have time to do it between now and next April 15th to do anything. -Jonathan On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List, Got a client wanting me to redo his SBS environment on new hardware, in other words start from scratch on a fresh box in order to clean up from the crap-o work his former IT shop did. I can build from scratch, migrate data and join the PCs to the new domain but is there a better way? TIA, Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
moving AD's
Good Morning Everyone, I Currently have two domain controllers server1 and server2 running windows server 2003. I am planning to replace both of these servers with two new servers server3 and server4 Installed on new hardware with server 2003 R2 sp2. These are the steps I have planned, Please Let me know if I am missing some thing. 1 Install windows 2003 R2 sp2 and patch it up 2 Join it to the Domain 3 Run DCpromo to make it into a Domain controller 4 Install DNS and make it AD-Integrated 5 Wait for the replication so all the DNS records and SRV'S are replicated to this DNS server 6 Transfer the FSMO roles 7 Next move the DHCP 8 Shut down the old Domain Controller. Please Let me know if I am missing anything or anything I should look out for. Thanks in advance. Best Regards Sohail Qadir ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: CAL question
ISTR you are locked into whichever one you start with. Clarification on that: Customers with current Software Assurance for CALs acquired after April 1, 2003 may switch their Device CALs to User CALs and User CAL to Device CALs upon renewal of their Software Assurance coverage for those CALs. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/priclicfaq.msp x - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SBS 2003 swing migration?
http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/05/18/sbs-2003-ha rdware-migration-upgrade.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SBS 2003 swing migration? http://www.sbsmigration.com/pages/96/ This looks pretty good, and I've been thinking pretty hard about doing this here at the firm. For $200 and reduced (almost no) downtime the price can't really be beat. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, because I have to get approval for every purchase not in my budget this year, and I don't have time to do it between now and next April 15th to do anything. -Jonathan On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List, Got a client wanting me to redo his SBS environment on new hardware, in other words start from scratch on a fresh box in order to clean up from the crap-o work his former IT shop did. I can build from scratch, migrate data and join the PCs to the new domain but is there a better way? TIA, Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SBS 2003 swing migration?
I posted this in another place: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/05/18/sbs-2003-ha rdware-migration-upgrade.aspx However, since you are now at Peak10, and you don't clarify whether you are talking about an on the side client or a Peak10 client - I just want to ensure that you are aware that if a SBS server detects another SBS server on the same network - it'll shut down. In a service provider environment, you need to ensure that each SBS server is on its own subnet (at least - its own VLAN would be better). Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS 2003 swing migration? List, Got a client wanting me to redo his SBS environment on new hardware, in other words start from scratch on a fresh box in order to clean up from the crap-o work his former IT shop did. I can build from scratch, migrate data and join the PCs to the new domain but is there a better way? TIA, Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Disabling accounts
I was a CUSE for versions 3.x and 4.x; don't know what Unity is up to now and I haven't touched Unity in a long time. But in those versions, if you disabled the AD account, Unity was unable to store email into the mailbox. I guess the question is - what are you actually trying to accomplish/ Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disabling accounts I am cleaning up user accounts and find that some of my board members that have offices here and have a voicemail box only. They don't have computers or have need for network access just voicemail. We have Cisco Unity tied into our Microsoft Exchange. Can I disable their accounts because the VOIP access does not appear to affect the LastLogon counter in AD. The chairman of the board comes in every Wednesday and checks voicemail like clockwork but his AD account states it hasn't been used in over 784 days If I disable that account will it disable his Voicemail??? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SBS 2003 swing migration?
Thanks MBS, this is an on the side client Shook From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration? I posted this in another place: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/05/18/sbs-2003-hardware-migration-upgrade.aspx However, since you are now at Peak10, and you don't clarify whether you are talking about an on the side client or a Peak10 client - I just want to ensure that you are aware that if a SBS server detects another SBS server on the same network - it'll shut down. In a service provider environment, you need to ensure that each SBS server is on its own subnet (at least - its own VLAN would be better). Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS 2003 swing migration? List, Got a client wanting me to redo his SBS environment on new hardware, in other words start from scratch on a fresh box in order to clean up from the crap-o work his former IT shop did. I can build from scratch, migrate data and join the PCs to the new domain but is there a better way? TIA, Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: moving AD's
You should demote the old domain controllers in order to clean up DNS and NTDS metadata; not just shut them down. I also presume that in step 1 you will point DNS to the old DCs. Before step 8, you'll need to update DNS everywhere to point to the new DCs. Otherwise, seems like a good plan. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sohail Qadir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: moving AD's Good Morning Everyone, I Currently have two domain controllers server1 and server2 running windows server 2003. I am planning to replace both of these servers with two new servers server3 and server4 Installed on new hardware with server 2003 R2 sp2. These are the steps I have planned, Please Let me know if I am missing some thing. 1 Install windows 2003 R2 sp2 and patch it up 2 Join it to the Domain 3 Run DCpromo to make it into a Domain controller 4 Install DNS and make it AD-Integrated 5 Wait for the replication so all the DNS records and SRV'S are replicated to this DNS server 6 Transfer the FSMO roles 7 Next move the DHCP 8 Shut down the old Domain Controller. Please Let me know if I am missing anything or anything I should look out for. Thanks in advance. Best Regards Sohail Qadir ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: moving AD's
I would also check if you have any apps that are hardcoded to use the DNS name of either of the existing DCs - you may need to create CNAMEs for those. Make both the new DCs global catalogs Anything else on old DCs (print queues, file shares, certificate services, etc) They will need to be migrated If you are deploying software via GPO, and the software is coming from a share on an existing DC you will need to think about how to migrate that. Cheers Ken From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 22 August 2008 12:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: moving AD's You should demote the old domain controllers in order to clean up DNS and NTDS metadata; not just shut them down. I also presume that in step 1 you will point DNS to the old DCs. Before step 8, you'll need to update DNS everywhere to point to the new DCs. Otherwise, seems like a good plan. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sohail Qadir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: moving AD's Good Morning Everyone, I Currently have two domain controllers server1 and server2 running windows server 2003. I am planning to replace both of these servers with two new servers server3 and server4 Installed on new hardware with server 2003 R2 sp2. These are the steps I have planned, Please Let me know if I am missing some thing. 1 Install windows 2003 R2 sp2 and patch it up 2 Join it to the Domain 3 Run DCpromo to make it into a Domain controller 4 Install DNS and make it AD-Integrated 5 Wait for the replication so all the DNS records and SRV'S are replicated to this DNS server 6 Transfer the FSMO roles 7 Next move the DHCP 8 Shut down the old Domain Controller. Please Let me know if I am missing anything or anything I should look out for. Thanks in advance. Best Regards Sohail Qadir ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
MX Logic vs. Postini
Anyone have any first hand experiences with MX Logic vs. Postini? I've been a Postini customer for years and have been very happy with them but MX Logic is courting us and their pricing is very attractive. Anyone make that switch and have any regrets or advice? - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Disabling accounts
I have been hit for having accounts that don't change their password every ninety days as per policy in AD. The vast majority are accounts for Voicemail only. - Original Message - From: Michael B. Smith To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:54 AM Subject: RE: Disabling accounts I was a CUSE for versions 3.x and 4.x; don't know what Unity is up to now and I haven't touched Unity in a long time. But in those versions, if you disabled the AD account, Unity was unable to store email into the mailbox. I guess the question is - what are you actually trying to accomplish/ Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disabling accounts I am cleaning up user accounts and find that some of my board members that have offices here and have a voicemail box only. They don't have computers or have need for network access just voicemail. We have Cisco Unity tied into our Microsoft Exchange. Can I disable their accounts because the VOIP access does not appear to affect the LastLogon counter in AD. The chairman of the board comes in every Wednesday and checks voicemail like clockwork but his AD account states it hasn't been used in over 784 days If I disable that account will it disable his Voicemail??? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. __ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are property of Indiana Members Credit Union, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: MX Logic vs. Postini
I actually went from MXLogic to Postini and haven't looked back since. It might have been the reseller at the time was crap but overall MXLogic wasn't performing nearly as well as Postini is today. YMMV Jason -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MX Logic vs. Postini Anyone have any first hand experiences with MX Logic vs. Postini? I've been a Postini customer for years and have been very happy with them but MX Logic is courting us and their pricing is very attractive. Anyone make that switch and have any regrets or advice? - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- The pages accompanying this email transmission contain information from MJMC, Inc., which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is to be for the use of the individual or entity named on this cover sheet. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by telephone so that we can arrange for the retrieval of the original document. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SBS 2003 swing migration?
Did you ever do the 2nd article you mentioned about shutting down the old SBS box? Webster Original Message Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration?To: "NT System Admin Issues" ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/05/18/sbs-2003-hardware-migration-upgrade.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com
Re: CDW Site...
CDWG healthcare site is running just fine. - Original Message - From: Jon Harris To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:06 PM Subject: Re: CDW Site... The CDWG.com site seems to be pretty quick to me. Jon On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM, mqcarp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: slow slow...yes On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Days??? Try months…. Slowest site I deal with… Well, close second to ATT Premier Wireless site. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CDW Site... Is anyone else experiencing the CDW extranet site being slow almost to the point of being unusable? I've noticed over the last couple days. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
RE: Disabling accounts
Ah. What I would do would be to take those accounts, put them in a special VM-only OU, and write a script to change the passwords of all accounts in that OU, as regularly as needed. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disabling accounts I have been hit for having accounts that don't change their password every ninety days as per policy in AD. The vast majority are accounts for Voicemail only. - Original Message - From: Michael B. Smith mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:54 AM Subject: RE: Disabling accounts I was a CUSE for versions 3.x and 4.x; don't know what Unity is up to now and I haven't touched Unity in a long time. But in those versions, if you disabled the AD account, Unity was unable to store email into the mailbox. I guess the question is - what are you actually trying to accomplish/ Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disabling accounts I am cleaning up user accounts and find that some of my board members that have offices here and have a voicemail box only. They don't have computers or have need for network access just voicemail. We have Cisco Unity tied into our Microsoft Exchange. Can I disable their accounts because the VOIP access does not appear to affect the LastLogon counter in AD. The chairman of the board comes in every Wednesday and checks voicemail like clockwork but his AD account states it hasn't been used in over 784 days If I disable that account will it disable his Voicemail??? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. __ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are property of Indiana Members Credit Union, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: MX Logic vs. Postini
Good to know...are there any features you've found in Postini that MXLogic didn't have or vice versa? - Andy O. -Original Message- From: Jason Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MX Logic vs. Postini I actually went from MXLogic to Postini and haven't looked back since. It might have been the reseller at the time was crap but overall MXLogic wasn't performing nearly as well as Postini is today. YMMV Jason ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: MX Logic vs. Postini
At the time... You couldn't start spooling mail into mxlogic on demand. This is good when you're working on the server for an extended period of time. Spam filters were very subpar. AV was pretty good. Support was non-existent. It took 24 hours to get a response by e-mail, if at all, and I could never get ahold of someone via phone. With Postini I've never noticed any latency in delivery. I know that's pretty subjective, but I test from yahoo/gmail/hotmail and the messages fly into my inbox on a test. Again, YMMV. :) Jason -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MX Logic vs. Postini Good to know...are there any features you've found in Postini that MXLogic didn't have or vice versa? - Andy O. -Original Message- From: Jason Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MX Logic vs. Postini I actually went from MXLogic to Postini and haven't looked back since. It might have been the reseller at the time was crap but overall MXLogic wasn't performing nearly as well as Postini is today. YMMV Jason ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- The pages accompanying this email transmission contain information from MJMC, Inc., which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is to be for the use of the individual or entity named on this cover sheet. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by telephone so that we can arrange for the retrieval of the original document. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: MX Logic vs. Postini
Wow...that spooling thing would be a non-starter for me. We use that all the time. But then again, Postini doesn't have the email continuity feature either. Obviously, if the spam filters aren't as good, why would I switch? :) I'll raise these questions on my demo call Friday. Thanks for your help. - Andy O. -Original Message- From: Jason Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MX Logic vs. Postini At the time... You couldn't start spooling mail into mxlogic on demand. This is good when you're working on the server for an extended period of time. Spam filters were very subpar. AV was pretty good. Support was non-existent. It took 24 hours to get a response by e-mail, if at all, and I could never get ahold of someone via phone. With Postini I've never noticed any latency in delivery. I know that's pretty subjective, but I test from yahoo/gmail/hotmail and the messages fly into my inbox on a test. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Barracuda Web filter
Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Using it for over two years now. Got it right after we purchased our spam filter. Over that time it's matured to a pretty good product for the money. My big requirement was to have integrated AD support and it does that via LDAP. Lets me create a group in AD and then I can just deny that group access to the entire web or certain sites in the web filter. You do have to run a client on your DC's to keep user data/ip info in sync so that may be an issue for some people. But it's a very small service and I've never had an issue with it. Been happy with their tech support to. From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least once a day. I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware, but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
Try ccleaner, analyze first then run it for real if OK I love this thing. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
+1 a very happy iPrism user _ Painstakingly sent from BlackBerry From: Bob Fronk To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thu Aug 21 11:43:09 2008 Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don’t think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: -- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
I don't know the current pricing and I'm in Canada (meaning I have to pay more, everything is more expensive here) but the appliance is about $5-$6k and subscription about $2.5 / year for 200 users. __ Stefan Jafs From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
To help find some of those space vampires, I use an old visual utility called scanner. If you have some large directory of logfiles, someone downloaded service packs to the profiles desktop, this will help you spot them. http://www.blkmtn.org/useful-utility-scanner If you have actually found all your large easily removable stuff, then not so much, but it's small and free. We found a weird bug once with Trend's log files not cleaning themselves up properly and were able to reduce a 2.8 GB log file to nothing. :) Steven On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
And as Bob I also have the higher throughput appliance. __ Stefan Jafs From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter I don't know the current pricing and I'm in Canada (meaning I have to pay more, everything is more expensive here) but the appliance is about $5-$6k and subscription about $2.5 / year for 200 users. __ Stefan Jafs From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Thanks. I also have about 200 users, so that's a good comparison for me. Also pretty much out of my budget, as I figured. Ralph From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter I don't know the current pricing and I'm in Canada (meaning I have to pay more, everything is more expensive here) but the appliance is about $5-$6k and subscription about $2.5 / year for 200 users. __ Stefan Jafs From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. Confidentiality Notice: -- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
Thank you for the responses. Ccleaner reported that could clean up about 300 Mb of logs, cookies and other minor stuff. However, after running it, still the C drive doesn't show that space clean up. Why? Do I need to reboot the server? Thanks, Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 11:40 Try ccleaner, analyze first then run it for real if OK I love this thing. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
You analyzed, now run it -- right button on bottom. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Thank you for the responses. Ccleaner reported that could clean up about 300 Mb of logs, cookies and other minor stuff. However, after running it, still the C drive doesn't show that space clean up. Why? Do I need to reboot the server? Thanks, Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 11:40 Try ccleaner, analyze first then run it for real if OK I love this thing. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
I've run it, of course :) But still i don't see that It has freed up that space Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 12:15 You analyzed, now run it -- right button on bottom. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Thank you for the responses. Ccleaner reported that could clean up about 300 Mb of logs, cookies and other minor stuff. However, after running it, still the C drive doesn't show that space clean up. Why? Do I need to reboot the server? Thanks, Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 11:40 Try ccleaner, analyze first then run it for real if OK I love this thing. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Quotes showing up in display names in GAL
We have a situation that just started happening and wanted to see if anyone has seen this behavior. All of a sudden, we have a number of users (seem to be confined to one OU, but not affecting every user account in that OU), who when you look at their display name in Outlook or through ESM, it is enclosed in quotes. I see no indication of the quotes in ADUC, or adsiedit, and while they do show up in Exchange System Manager, there doesn't seem to be a way to modify there, and it doesn't show up for everyone either. They weren't showing up for me like that in Outlook, until I downloaded the latest GAL, and then, there they were. So it seems to have started happening sometime in the last 24 hours. I've talked to anyone who should have had any access to make modifications, and everyone is insisting that no changes were made. Any ideas? It doesn't seem to be affecting anything, except for the display names. Because of this, these users are showing up at the beginning of the address book. We are running Exchange 2003 SP2 and Outlook 2003/2007. We haven't applied any updates in the time frame, to either clients or server. We did do normal MS patches over this past weekend to our clients, but everything was fine until just now. Thanks! Russ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Active Directory group memberships
Not that I'm aware of -- can you give an example of what you would be trying to do with this? On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:35 AM, James Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Can't seem to find the right words for this query in Google - is there any way in Active Directory to set two security groups so that a user can only ever be a member of one of them? TIA, JRR ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
Do you have shadow copy turned on? -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 I've run it, of course :) But still i don't see that It has freed up that space Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 12:15 You analyzed, now run it -- right button on bottom. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Thank you for the responses. Ccleaner reported that could clean up about 300 Mb of logs, cookies and other minor stuff. However, after running it, still the C drive doesn't show that space clean up. Why? Do I need to reboot the server? Thanks, Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 11:40 Try ccleaner, analyze first then run it for real if OK I love this thing. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
No, It's disabled Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 12:23 Do you have shadow copy turned on? -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 I've run it, of course :) But still i don't see that It has freed up that space Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 12:15 You analyzed, now run it -- right button on bottom. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Thank you for the responses. Ccleaner reported that could clean up about 300 Mb of logs, cookies and other minor stuff. However, after running it, still the C drive doesn't show that space clean up. Why? Do I need to reboot the server? Thanks, Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 11:40 Try ccleaner, analyze first then run it for real if OK I love this thing. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn’t post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don’t think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
This is very helpful. I've located this folder with 4 Gb: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$SBSMONITORING Since I've moved Sharepoint databases to other drive, could i do the same with the data in this folder? What about the logs? They are huge! Can I remove any? Thanks, Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 12:01 To help find some of those space vampires, I use an old visual utility called scanner. If you have some large directory of logfiles, someone downloaded service packs to the profiles desktop, this will help you spot them. http://www.blkmtn.org/useful-utility-scanner If you have actually found all your large easily removable stuff, then not so much, but it's small and free. We found a weird bug once with Trend's log files not cleaning themselves up properly and were able to reduce a 2.8 GB log file to nothing. :) Steven On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
The errorlog files seem to have been rotated (they have number extensions: errorlog.1, errorlog.2). Is there any issue if I remove any of those rotated files? Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 12:30 This is very helpful. I've located this folder with 4 Gb: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$SBSMONITORING Since I've moved Sharepoint databases to other drive, could i do the same with the data in this folder? What about the logs? They are huge! Can I remove any? Thanks, Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 12:01 To help find some of those space vampires, I use an old visual utility called scanner. If you have some large directory of logfiles, someone downloaded service packs to the profiles desktop, this will help you spot them. http://www.blkmtn.org/useful-utility-scanner If you have actually found all your large easily removable stuff, then not so much, but it's small and free. We found a weird bug once with Trend's log files not cleaning themselves up properly and were able to reduce a 2.8 GB log file to nothing. :) Steven On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Miguel Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: MX Logic vs. Postini
I have the same question. I've been with Postini for years and they're amazing. BUT, MXLogic has that continuity feature which Postini doesn't. Anyone know if Postini is planning on adding anything like that? They're usually on top of things... On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Andy Ognenoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any first hand experiences with MX Logic vs. Postini? I've been a Postini customer for years and have been very happy with them but MX Logic is courting us and their pricing is very attractive. Anyone make that switch and have any regrets or advice? - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
Any reason you can't remove any and all patches that would normally be allowed a rollback. That sometimes can amount to more than 500MB -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SBS 2003 swing migration?
Pay the 200 bucks and use the SBS migration kit...painless. No downtime. Works as advertised. http://www.sbsmigration.com S From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration? Thanks MBS, this is an on the side client Shook From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration? I posted this in another place: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/05/18/sbs-2003-hardware-migration-upgrade.aspx However, since you are now at Peak10, and you don't clarify whether you are talking about an on the side client or a Peak10 client - I just want to ensure that you are aware that if a SBS server detects another SBS server on the same network - it'll shut down. In a service provider environment, you need to ensure that each SBS server is on its own subnet (at least - its own VLAN would be better). Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS 2003 swing migration? List, Got a client wanting me to redo his SBS environment on new hardware, in other words start from scratch on a fresh box in order to clean up from the crap-o work his former IT shop did. I can build from scratch, migrate data and join the PCs to the new domain but is there a better way? TIA, Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
Where are the Exchange Log Files, and are they being deleted when the SBS Server is backed up? S -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Thank you for the responses. Ccleaner reported that could clean up about 300 Mb of logs, cookies and other minor stuff. However, after running it, still the C drive doesn't show that space clean up. Why? Do I need to reboot the server? Thanks, Miguel --- El jue, 21/8/08, Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: De: Brumbaugh, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 21 agosto, 2008 11:40 Try ccleaner, analyze first then run it for real if OK I love this thing. -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003 Hi, I have a SBS 2003 server that is running out of space in the C drive. I have performed almost everything already in that drive: - Move pagefile.sys file to other partition. - Move Sharepoint databases to other partition. - The Exchange databases are already moved. So basically all data is in other partitions. Also our TrendMicro AV is installed in other partition. Removing log files from c:\windows\system32\logfiles and using the cleanup tool from Windows has been enough for months since I performed a reassignment of more space to that drive. I could reassign more space again bringing the machine offline but I'd prefer not to do it, plus I don't know why is running out of space now. Anything that I should look at? Or any tips? I have read that I could move the uninstall files for Windows updates but I'd prefer not start messing up with that stuff. Thanks Miguel __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Novel SNA Gateway migration
I can barley spell SNA so bear with me please. Have a customer whose major client is a major European auto maker. Our customer talks to their client via a Novel 5.0 box running IBM SNA Gateway. Our customer is wanting to get rid of the Novel box and the SNA Gateway and had thought about replacing it with Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006. But when I started looking into this, I realized I was way out of my league. I don't know anything about the devices, connectors, cables or protocols involved. I may not even be providing you enough information to get started. If so, just let me know what other info you need. It has been 10 years since I last saw a Novel server and no one on our customer's IT staff knows anything about Novel or the IBM SNA Gateway. I believe this is used to connect to an IBM RS6000 box. Any suggestions on what our customer can do to replace the Novel 5 and IBM SNA Gateway components with? Thanks Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Novel SNA Gateway migration
If you are looking for a product that communicates between Directories, Novell's NSure Identity Manager is one option. Netware and eDirectory are not required. Or were you looking to get rid of Novell and the SNA gateway. Will the As/400 be going away too? Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/21/2008 1:21 PM I can barley spell SNA so bear with me please. Have a customer whose major client is a major European auto maker. Our customer talks to their client via a Novel 5.0 box running IBM SNA Gateway. Our customer is wanting to get rid of the Novel box and the SNA Gateway and had thought about replacing it with Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006. But when I started looking into this, I realized I was way out of my league. I don’t know anything about the devices, connectors, cables or protocols involved. I may not even be providing you enough information to get started. If so, just let me know what other info you need. It has been 10 years since I last saw a Novel server and no one on our customer’s IT staff knows anything about Novel or the IBM SNA Gateway. I believe this is used to connect to an IBM RS6000 box. Any suggestions on what our customer can do to replace the Novel 5 and IBM SNA Gateway components with? Thanks Webster Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: MX Logic vs. Postini
We're on MX-Logic through an ASP - what's the continuity feature? I've never been on postini, but a few things I don't like about MX-Logic, I really preferred 'Ninja' but we outsourced, and all our ASP had was MX-Logic. I don't like the way the 'from' doesn't come through before you release the email - you don't get the email address and name, just the email address, so it's hard to tell who it's from sometimes. The web page cuts off the full sender and subject, again making it hard to realize what you're getting. Minor nits, seems to work OK I will say though I'm missing email - there were some mailing lists I used to be on that have just disappeared, and I have our settings on delete nothing and quarantine everything. They weren't important enough to follow up on. == John == -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MX Logic vs. Postini I have the same question. I've been with Postini for years and they're amazing. BUT, MXLogic has that continuity feature which Postini doesn't. Anyone know if Postini is planning on adding anything like that? They're usually on top of things... On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Andy Ognenoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any first hand experiences with MX Logic vs. Postini? I've been a Postini customer for years and have been very happy with them but MX Logic is courting us and their pricing is very attractive. Anyone make that switch and have any regrets or advice? - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web filtering. iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks for the input all. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] ] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. -- *From:* Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? * * *Confidentiality Notice:* *This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message.* -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpamhttp://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzIzNTE2NDQ2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Did you want free? How about Open DSN http://www.opendns.com/ works great in my house. Reporting sucks but it works and easy to setup. __ Stefan Jafs From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 15:12 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Barracuda Web filter Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web filtering. iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks for the input all. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzIzNTE2N DQ2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful
RE: MX Logic vs. Postini
What about the Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services? We are a Postini customer but are wanting to look at MS EHS, formally FrontBridge. They have the filtering, virus scanning, archiving, continuity. Anyone using this? If so did you come from another vendor like Postini? -Original Message- From: John Gwinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MX Logic vs. Postini We're on MX-Logic through an ASP - what's the continuity feature? I've never been on postini, but a few things I don't like about MX-Logic, I really preferred 'Ninja' but we outsourced, and all our ASP had was MX-Logic. I don't like the way the 'from' doesn't come through before you release the email - you don't get the email address and name, just the email address, so it's hard to tell who it's from sometimes. The web page cuts off the full sender and subject, again making it hard to realize what you're getting. Minor nits, seems to work OK I will say though I'm missing email - there were some mailing lists I used to be on that have just disappeared, and I have our settings on delete nothing and quarantine everything. They weren't important enough to follow up on. == John == -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MX Logic vs. Postini I have the same question. I've been with Postini for years and they're amazing. BUT, MXLogic has that continuity feature which Postini doesn't. Anyone know if Postini is planning on adding anything like that? They're usually on top of things... On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Andy Ognenoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any first hand experiences with MX Logic vs. Postini? I've been a Postini customer for years and have been very happy with them but MX Logic is courting us and their pricing is very attractive. Anyone make that switch and have any regrets or advice? - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
What do you need from your web filter? Have you considered OpenDNS? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Barracuda Web filter Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web filtering. iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks for the input all. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzIzNTE2N DQ2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
lol No we are not THAT cheap, but thanks On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Stefan Jafs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you want free? How about Open DSN http://www.opendns.com/ works great in my house. Reporting sucks but it works and easy to setup. *__* *Stefan Jafs* *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 15:12 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Barracuda Web filter Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web filtering. iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks for the input all. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] ] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. -- *From:* Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? * * *Confidentiality Notice:* *This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message.* -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpamhttp://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzIzNTE2NDQ2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times
We are getting hassled by our Exchange ASP. I won't mention any names. About a year and a half ago we outsourced our existing exchange server. Performance with our ASP has gone downhill steadily ever since. We are a consulting company, without any central location but an admin office with 10 people in it. Email is our lifeline to other 200 people in the company. Most of our clients don't support outgoing VPN's so we tend to use email attachments a lot. (WebDAV helps out some for intranet work, but we still do most work on email). So our mailboxes are big. The owners is about 5 Gig, mine is about 3Gig and I've cut back the NT mailing list to 1 year J The Microsoft Exchange Connection Status currently shows a 138ms average response on Mail, and roughly 2500ms on Directory Service. I think the Director service is horrid, but our ASP is blaming the white screens and poor response time on the size of our mailboxes. Ideas? So ... how big is yours? == John == ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times
So provision a new empty one and test. Should put an end to that mystery. Is it fast, or does he need to look elsewhere? jlc From: John Gwinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times We are getting hassled by our Exchange ASP. I won't mention any names. About a year and a half ago we outsourced our existing exchange server. Performance with our ASP has gone downhill steadily ever since. We are a consulting company, without any central location but an admin office with 10 people in it. Email is our lifeline to other 200 people in the company. Most of our clients don't support outgoing VPN's so we tend to use email attachments a lot. (WebDAV helps out some for intranet work, but we still do most work on email). So our mailboxes are big. The owners is about 5 Gig, mine is about 3Gig and I've cut back the NT mailing list to 1 year :) The Microsoft Exchange Connection Status currently shows a 138ms average response on Mail, and roughly 2500ms on Directory Service. I think the Director service is horrid, but our ASP is blaming the white screens and poor response time on the size of our mailboxes. Ideas? So ... how big is yours? == John == ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times
A few very significant questions: 1] are you hosted on Exchange 2003 or 2007? 2] are you using Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007? 3] how many items are in the key folders? (Inbox, Sent Items, Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, Notes) 4] Cached mode or online mode? 5] Can you reproduce the white screen? If so, when does it happen? (That is, precisely what do you do to cause it.) I've built three ASPs running hosted Exchange since 1999. I've dealt with this problem dozens of times. YOU are at a disadvantage, because you can't look at their Exmon statistics or Perfmon values. I can tell you how to help on the client side, but start off answering the questions above. J Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Gwinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times We are getting hassled by our Exchange ASP. I won't mention any names. About a year and a half ago we outsourced our existing exchange server. Performance with our ASP has gone downhill steadily ever since. We are a consulting company, without any central location but an admin office with 10 people in it. Email is our lifeline to other 200 people in the company. Most of our clients don't support outgoing VPN's so we tend to use email attachments a lot. (WebDAV helps out some for intranet work, but we still do most work on email). So our mailboxes are big. The owners is about 5 Gig, mine is about 3Gig and I've cut back the NT mailing list to 1 year J The Microsoft Exchange Connection Status currently shows a 138ms average response on Mail, and roughly 2500ms on Directory Service. I think the Director service is horrid, but our ASP is blaming the white screens and poor response time on the size of our mailboxes. Ideas? So . how big is yours? == John == ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times
Usage patterns and software versions are much more important. No offense, but an empty mailbox doesn't tell you squat (except whether you can connect or not). For example, if a user keeps 20,000 items in their inbox or sent items, no ASP is going to provision their hardware to such a level as to make that performance reasonably. I'd rather lose the occasional customer than spend the dollars that would require. When I left my last job last year, as an Exchange hoster, my personal mailbox (and I hosted our email domain just like any other customer) was over 8 GB and performance was stellar. However, there are a few key rules that come into play. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times So provision a new empty one and test. Should put an end to that mystery. Is it fast, or does he need to look elsewhere? jlc From: John Gwinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times We are getting hassled by our Exchange ASP. I won't mention any names. About a year and a half ago we outsourced our existing exchange server. Performance with our ASP has gone downhill steadily ever since. We are a consulting company, without any central location but an admin office with 10 people in it. Email is our lifeline to other 200 people in the company. Most of our clients don't support outgoing VPN's so we tend to use email attachments a lot. (WebDAV helps out some for intranet work, but we still do most work on email). So our mailboxes are big. The owners is about 5 Gig, mine is about 3Gig and I've cut back the NT mailing list to 1 year J The Microsoft Exchange Connection Status currently shows a 138ms average response on Mail, and roughly 2500ms on Directory Service. I think the Director service is horrid, but our ASP is blaming the white screens and poor response time on the size of our mailboxes. Ideas? So . how big is yours? == John == ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
I think for the money there is nothing out there, that works as well. We have had no problems with ours except when early alpha testing a new feature which i dont think is out of NDA yet. No speed issues, the reporting gives us all the information we need. It blocks what we want blocked, and allows what we want allowed. YMMV Graeme On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least once a day. I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware, but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: CAL question
On 21 Aug 2008 at 8:44, Andy Ognenoff wrote: ISTR you are locked into whichever one you start with. Clarification on that: Customers with current Software Assurance for CALs acquired after April 1, 2003 may switch their Device CALs to User CALs and User CAL to Device CALs upon renewal of their Software Assurance coverage for those CALs. IOW, when you pay us more money, you can switch your CAL types. You can only do this every two years, when you pay us. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/priclicfaq .mspx I found this of interest (*) on the above page: Q. Can I use a Windows Device CAL and a Windows User CAL on the same server? A. Yes. Windows Device and User CALs can be used on the same server. For ease of management and tracking though, Microsoft recommends that customers choose to acquire CALs on either a device or user basis. (*) IOW I learned something new today ;-) A -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
On 21 Aug 2008 at 9:01, Steven Peck wrote: To help find some of those space vampires, I use an old visual utility called scanner. If you have some large directory of logfiles, someone downloaded service packs to the profiles desktop, this will help you spot them. http://www.blkmtn.org/useful-utility-scanner I use SpaceMonger (the older freeware version) for this, good tool -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times
Not that I would *ever* challenge your exchange knowledge Michael but: an empty mailbox doesn't tell you squat followed by: no ASP is going to provision their hardware to such a level as to make that performance reasonably So apparently it has all to do with performance :) My reco was an effort to simply show that the ASP's claims to the Op's perf issues were accurate or not. jlc From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times Usage patterns and software versions are much more important. No offense, but an empty mailbox doesn't tell you squat (except whether you can connect or not). For example, if a user keeps 20,000 items in their inbox or sent items, no ASP is going to provision their hardware to such a level as to make that performance reasonably. I'd rather lose the occasional customer than spend the dollars that would require. When I left my last job last year, as an Exchange hoster, my personal mailbox (and I hosted our email domain just like any other customer) was over 8 GB and performance was stellar. However, there are a few key rules that come into play... Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times So provision a new empty one and test. Should put an end to that mystery. Is it fast, or does he need to look elsewhere? jlc From: John Gwinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times We are getting hassled by our Exchange ASP. I won't mention any names. About a year and a half ago we outsourced our existing exchange server. Performance with our ASP has gone downhill steadily ever since. We are a consulting company, without any central location but an admin office with 10 people in it. Email is our lifeline to other 200 people in the company. Most of our clients don't support outgoing VPN's so we tend to use email attachments a lot. (WebDAV helps out some for intranet work, but we still do most work on email). So our mailboxes are big. The owners is about 5 Gig, mine is about 3Gig and I've cut back the NT mailing list to 1 year :) The Microsoft Exchange Connection Status currently shows a 138ms average response on Mail, and roughly 2500ms on Directory Service. I think the Director service is horrid, but our ASP is blaming the white screens and poor response time on the size of our mailboxes. Ideas? So ... how big is yours? == John == ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I make no claims to omniscience. I'm regularly proven wrong! J My point, which I stated poorly, is that certain usage patterns cannot be (cost-effectively) made performant. That really doesn't depend on whether we are talking about an ASP or about one-server-SBS-company or two-hundred-server-worldwide-company. While an empty mailbox may be fast-as-the-dickens, it's immaterial. What's more important is a mailbox that a user is having issues with and determining WHY that is the case. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times Not that I would *ever* challenge your exchange knowledge Michael but: an empty mailbox doesn't tell you squat followed by: no ASP is going to provision their hardware to such a level as to make that performance reasonably So apparently it has all to do with performance J My reco was an effort to simply show that the ASP's claims to the Op's perf issues were accurate or not. jlc From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times Usage patterns and software versions are much more important. No offense, but an empty mailbox doesn't tell you squat (except whether you can connect or not). For example, if a user keeps 20,000 items in their inbox or sent items, no ASP is going to provision their hardware to such a level as to make that performance reasonably. I'd rather lose the occasional customer than spend the dollars that would require. When I left my last job last year, as an Exchange hoster, my personal mailbox (and I hosted our email domain just like any other customer) was over 8 GB and performance was stellar. However, there are a few key rules that come into play. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times So provision a new empty one and test. Should put an end to that mystery. Is it fast, or does he need to look elsewhere? jlc From: John Gwinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times We are getting hassled by our Exchange ASP. I won't mention any names. About a year and a half ago we outsourced our existing exchange server. Performance with our ASP has gone downhill steadily ever since. We are a consulting company, without any central location but an admin office with 10 people in it. Email is our lifeline to other 200 people in the company. Most of our clients don't support outgoing VPN's so we tend to use email attachments a lot. (WebDAV helps out some for intranet work, but we still do most work on email). So our mailboxes are big. The owners is about 5 Gig, mine is about 3Gig and I've cut back the NT mailing list to 1 year J The Microsoft Exchange Connection Status currently shows a 138ms average response on Mail, and roughly 2500ms on Directory Service. I think the Director service is horrid, but our ASP is blaming the white screens and poor response time on the size of our mailboxes. Ideas? So . how big is yours? == John == ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Citrix printing
Hello all Can anyone suggest a printer for the following configuration: I have a client who runs a citrixserver on a window 2003 server. The clients are MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client for Win32. I tried HP 1005 that didn't at all go well. HP presales suggested HP1505 which didn't work either. So I am kind of stuck here. Best regards SysTek Erik Fog-Morrissette Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking I will just do this quickly. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Citrix printing
Are you talking about local printers or networked printers? We have good results w/ various HP models here. From: Erik Fog-Morrissette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix printing Hello all Can anyone suggest a printer for the following configuration: I have a client who runs a citrixserver on a window 2003 server. The clients are MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client for Win32. I tried HP 1005 that didn't at all go well. HP presales suggested HP1505 which didn't work either. So I am kind of stuck here. Best regards SysTek Erik Fog-Morrissette Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking I will just do this quickly. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
I do not have any info on our pricing, but we just switched from two ISA Servers running surfcontrol to the Webwasher appliances from SecureComputing. Our network admin is really pleased with their support so far and he did a lot of research to find something that would work for our reporting requirements. -Bonnie From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
Graeme are you referring to Barracuda? On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Graeme Carstairs [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think for the money there is nothing out there, that works as well. We have had no problems with ours except when early alpha testing a new feature which i dont think is out of NDA yet. No speed issues, the reporting gives us all the information we need. It blocks what we want blocked, and allows what we want allowed. YMMV Graeme On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least once a day. I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware, but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
SQL 2k Install
I have to install SQL 2000 for an ERP app, what is your recommended setup parameter with respect to Authentication Mode: Windows Only, or Mixed Mode with an SA account? What's the diff? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: SQL 2k Install
It depends on what the vendor requires. If you have the ability to choose, do you want layered security or integrated security. If you want to use a layered approach (which is required in some industries), you have to create an sa (system administrator) password, which you should document, and lock away. From there it is a matter of creating individual accounts for each user/process, and grant access to databases, just like you would with configuring domain accounts within EM. It is easy enough to change at a later time if needed. Takes about 10 seconds and a restart of the SQL services. Klint Joseph L. Casale wrote: I have to install SQL 2000 for an ERP app, what is your recommended setup parameter with respect to Authentication Mode: Windows Only, or Mixed Mode with an SA account? What's the diff? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
Yes the Barracuda sorry. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:40 PM, mqcarp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Graeme are you referring to Barracuda? On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Graeme Carstairs [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think for the money there is nothing out there, that works as well. We have had no problems with ours except when early alpha testing a new feature which i dont think is out of NDA yet. No speed issues, the reporting gives us all the information we need. It blocks what we want blocked, and allows what we want allowed. YMMV Graeme On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least once a day. I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware, but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SQL 2k Install
Don't install sql 2000. Sql 2005 MINIMUM. That being said, I always used mixed, so I can have a separate 'sa' account. Without mixed sa is mapped to administrator. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SQL 2k Install I have to install SQL 2000 for an ERP app, what is your recommended setup parameter with respect to Authentication Mode: Windows Only, or Mixed Mode with an SA account? What's the diff? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SQL 2k Install
I agree, SQL 2000 is going end of Life, very soon. GO with SQL 2005 much more feature rich. Set SA to a complex password as before and store it away, and don't give the vendor SA rights, DBO to there database or less is usually all they need to do the majority of there stuff, and be adamant on this. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SQL 2k Install Don't install sql 2000. Sql 2005 MINIMUM. That being said, I always used mixed, so I can have a separate 'sa' account. Without mixed sa is mapped to administrator. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SQL 2k Install I have to install SQL 2000 for an ERP app, what is your recommended setup parameter with respect to Authentication Mode: Windows Only, or Mixed Mode with an SA account? What's the diff? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SQL 2k Install
Yea, I looked that up and saw this issue and consulted w/ Vendor regarding SQL2k EOL issue. The version of ERP we are stuck on (various) reasons is not compatible with SQL 2005. Bah... Thanks for the Auth info, jlc From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SQL 2k Install Don't install sql 2000. Sql 2005 MINIMUM. That being said, I always used mixed, so I can have a separate 'sa' account. Without mixed sa is mapped to administrator. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SQL 2k Install I have to install SQL 2000 for an ERP app, what is your recommended setup parameter with respect to Authentication Mode: Windows Only, or Mixed Mode with an SA account? What's the diff? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ADAM in the DMZ
Hey Brian, First make sure you have adam sp1 Then try binding to \\localhost:5\dc=synctarget,dc=com . We use ADAM for some off the beaten path stuff, but have never used adamsync to our enterprise AD, so my bind may look different. -troy -Original Message- From: Webb, Brian (Corp) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ADAM in the DMZ Anyone use ADAM? The end goal is to set up an ADAM instance in the DMZ - doing a unidirectional sync from our AD using ADAMsync so we don't have to let our e-mail validation appliance poke through the firewall to read e-mail addresses from AD. Right now I'm just trying to get ADAMsync to work from a DC to my ADAM instance on a workgroup based server (no firewalls). I'm running Server 2003 R2 SP2 on both machines and I've set up the ADAM instance and used ADschemaAnalyzer to get the schema on ADAM to match our production AD. Here are the results from my ADAMsync run: C:\WINDOWS\ADAMadamsync /fs localhost:5 dc=synctargetdc Ldap error occured. ldap_bind_s: Invalid Credentials. Extended Info: 8009030C: LdapErr: DSID-0C09043E, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 0, vece. I then tried putting in the /creds option like so (putting in my real credentials): C:\WINDOWS\ADAMadamsync /fs localhost:5 dc=synctargetdc /creds domain user password The system cannot find the file specified. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Brian Webb - MCSE TDS Corporate IS, Windows Server Platform Team Senior Systems Administrator When stuck on a problem as often can be, try to remember G.B.T.T.D. (Go Back To The Definition). - Dave Seybold ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Citrix printing
Both HP and Citrix have documents listing certified printers for Terminal Server/Citrix environments. With the advent of the latest version of the Universal Printer Driver, I haven't run into any issues with any HP printers at any customer site. Webster From: Erik Fog-Morrissette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Citrix printing Hello all Can anyone suggest a printer for the following configuration: I have a client who runs a citrixserver on a window 2003 server. The clients are MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client for Win32. I tried HP 1005 that didn't at all go well. HP presales suggested HP1505 which didn't work either. So I am kind of stuck here. Best regards SysTek Erik Fog-Morrissette Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking I will just do this quickly. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Citrix printing
Purchase Tricerat Screwdrivers for about $1750 (per server), and use whatever printer you want. :) Great product. -- Durf On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Erik Fog-Morrissette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all Can anyone suggest a printer for the following configuration: I have a client who runs a citrixserver on a window 2003 server. The clients are MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client for Win32. I tried HP 1005 that didn't at all go well. HP presales suggested HP1505 which didn't work either. So I am kind of stuck here. Best regards SysTek Erik Fog-Morrissette Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking I will just do this quickly. -- -- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times
Thanks Michael - so I assume this applies to both public folders as well as individual mailboxes (as some of the KB articles implied Public folders, although it didn't exclude mailboxes of course). I did a search on 'mailbox size' and didn't get any hits, but I didn't read all of the list, I have to admit. In our case, we can't upgrade so far - the ISP is saying that to go to 2007 we have to agree to a 2G limit for all mailboxes. So this isn't practical unless they change their policy. To do the upgrade, they want to migrate everyone to a different AD forrest, so it's an import / export for them. Regarding our current server, I'm surprised that 2500ms directory access is OK, that seems high. Maybe I shouldn't worry about it then. The ExPTA didn't like it: The maximum value of 'MSExchangeDSAccess Domain Controllers(DS005.somewhere.local)\LDAP Search Time' is beyond the error threshold of 100 ms. The measured value is 437.67 ms. The average value of 'MSExchangeDSAccess Domain Controllers(DS001.somewhere.local)\LDAP Search Time' is beyond the error threshold of 50 ms. The measured value is 154.17 ms. (etc ... for 5 directory servers) Drive latencies are high also: SMTP drive: Maximum '\LogicalDisk(C:)\Avg. Disk sec/Write' should be less than 50 (0.05 ms). The measured maximum value is 0.226 (226 ms). Our ASP doesn't offer any kind of online archiving, which would make this all much easier. == John == John D. Gwinner Director of Technology DAZ Systems, Inc Oracle Certified Advantage Partner From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Just HOW BIG are your Exchange mailboxes, white screens, and Directory access times As I wrote, just on Monday, in this mailing list: J [John D. Gwinner] ... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Citrix printing
As of June 2008, HP printers supported in Citrix PS environments: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA0-8465ENW.pdf Webster From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix printing Both HP and Citrix have documents listing certified printers for Terminal Server/Citrix environments. With the advent of the latest version of the Universal Printer Driver, I haven't run into any issues with any HP printers at any customer site. Webster From: Erik Fog-Morrissette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Citrix printing Hello all Can anyone suggest a printer for the following configuration: I have a client who runs a citrixserver on a window 2003 server. The clients are MetaFrame Presentation Server Web Client for Win32. I tried HP 1005 that didn't at all go well. HP presales suggested HP1505 which didn't work either. So I am kind of stuck here. Best regards SysTek Erik Fog-Morrissette Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking I will just do this quickly. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003
NTSysAdmin wrote: Where are the Exchange Log Files, and are they being deleted when the SBS Server is backed up? Which log files you talk about? There are some under C:\windows\system32\logfiles\ but this has been removed to gain space. I think the SQL monitoring service is a good candidate to be removed. However I don't know if I can remove the rotated errorlogs as I mentioned in one of my previous emails (just in case it has any effect in any report). Also the data files from this service can be moved somewhere else? For the time I'm going to move the rotated logs somewhere else. Miguel ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SQL 2k Install
Personally I would *not* use Mixed mode if I am able to - on SQL Server 2000 at least. Integrated Windows Auth gives you better logging (to the Windows event log), plus all the password management goodness that is available in AD (password length, history, complexity, lockout etc). None of that is available with SQL Server logins. Additionally, if you go mixed mode, there's an additional set of credentials you need to start monitoring and managing. With SQL Server 2008, Microsoft's realised that mixed mode isn't going away, so some of these features are available with SQL Server logins now. But that functionality doesn't exist in SQL Server 2000. Cheers Ken From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 22 August 2008 7:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SQL 2k Install Yea, I looked that up and saw this issue and consulted w/ Vendor regarding SQL2k EOL issue. The version of ERP we are stuck on (various) reasons is not compatible with SQL 2005. Bah... Thanks for the Auth info, jlc From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SQL 2k Install Don't install sql 2000. Sql 2005 MINIMUM. That being said, I always used mixed, so I can have a separate 'sa' account. Without mixed sa is mapped to administrator. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SQL 2k Install I have to install SQL 2000 for an ERP app, what is your recommended setup parameter with respect to Authentication Mode: Windows Only, or Mixed Mode with an SA account? What's the diff? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SBS 2003 swing migration?
Andy, If you still have my phone number call me if you want to discuss. SBS is my area o' expertise really. Jeff Middleton's Swing Migration is the bees knees as long as your Active Directory is solid. If it's the AD you're wishing to fix, I suggest something a little more drastic. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration? Thanks MBS, this is an on the side client Shook From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration? I posted this in another place: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/05/18/sbs-2003-ha rdware-migration-upgrade.aspx However, since you are now at Peak10, and you don't clarify whether you are talking about an on the side client or a Peak10 client - I just want to ensure that you are aware that if a SBS server detects another SBS server on the same network - it'll shut down. In a service provider environment, you need to ensure that each SBS server is on its own subnet (at least - its own VLAN would be better). Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS 2003 swing migration? List, Got a client wanting me to redo his SBS environment on new hardware, in other words start from scratch on a fresh box in order to clean up from the crap-o work his former IT shop did. I can build from scratch, migrate data and join the PCs to the new domain but is there a better way? TIA, Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SBS 2003 swing migration?
The most typical Crap-O job is when SBS is used and no one works within the wizards so everything is all over. Usually just moving the computers and user accts around in the OU's and making sure the proper GP's are in place is good. Hopefully they didn't do everything in the default GP's. If you can fix the AD with a few hours work it really worth it rather than a fresh build. That is a huge amount of work. I will be happy to help with the process we use to move to new servers with SBS, but the cats meow is sbsmigration.com If they have really hosed the GP's or you have a bad AD then exmerge the Exchange folders, export the public to pst's, copy the user and company data. If they use Sharepoint Services heavily that could be fun to move. Not an expert there. Before moving anything, I usually disjoin the computers from the domain (Making sure I have good local admin acct, favorites, desktops, etc) Then I move the data to the new server usually via USB, while that data is moving I rejoin using the SBS Wizard to the new server. Takes a bit of timing usually over a weekend to keep downtime to a minimum and then plan a day or two of fixup and cleanup items. Looking forward to the SBSmigration kit for 2008. We have about a 30 clients all with 3 to 5 year old servers needing a technology refresh running 2003 SBS. Good luck. Glad to help out with any questions as well. From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration? Andy, If you still have my phone number call me if you want to discuss. SBS is my area o' expertise really. Jeff Middleton's Swing Migration is the bees knees as long as your Active Directory is solid. If it's the AD you're wishing to fix, I suggest something a little more drastic. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration? Thanks MBS, this is an on the side client Shook From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SBS 2003 swing migration? I posted this in another place: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/05/18/sbs-200 3-hardware-migration-upgrade.aspx However, since you are now at Peak10, and you don't clarify whether you are talking about an on the side client or a Peak10 client - I just want to ensure that you are aware that if a SBS server detects another SBS server on the same network - it'll shut down. In a service provider environment, you need to ensure that each SBS server is on its own subnet (at least - its own VLAN would be better). Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS 2003 swing migration? List, Got a client wanting me to redo his SBS environment on new hardware, in other words start from scratch on a fresh box in order to clean up from the crap-o work his former IT shop did. I can build from scratch, migrate data and join the PCs to the new domain but is there a better way? TIA, Shook ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Dell Vostro 1000
I'm a little late to this discussion, but as others have already noted the Vostros are just rebadged Inspirons without the added software. Because of my status with Dell Small Business, I can usally configure a Lattitude cheeper than a Vostro (my cost). I've had some odd problems with the Vostro laptops with one customer. They use their Blackberries as modems and for some reason the Sprint software doesn't want to work right on the Vostro we tested. We had to return it and get a Latt. One thing I will say: Spring for the extended warrenty. I've know far, far, far too many Inspirons (laptops and PC) crap out in the second or third year. From: Len Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell Vostro 1000 Afternoon friends, This morning I am looking into a new laptop for one of my clients. (Lost my corporate IT job a while back to downsizing and started consulting just to feed the kids - now I really like it!) Trying to find what this guy needs without spending too much and I found the Dell Vostro. Looks great on paper. Having been a happy Latitude user for about 10 years I was wondering how the Vostro compares to the Latitude? Anyone have any thoughts. The Dell line is about the only place I can get a laptop with either XP Pro or Vista Business on it from the git-go. All of the other manufacturers make it very difficult if not impossible to get a business OS installed without having to buy a separate license and do it yourself. All the big-box stores (something this client likes) only have Vista Home Premium. Many bells whistles that this client will never use and and Home won't join the domain in a few months when I install a domain for them. - Len Hammond Hammond Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: CAL question
Device CALs are only appropriate if your users only ever connect with the covered devices. If you use OWA or have Moble devices like Blackberries, you should use User CALs, in general. For what you described, if you want to document your mixed mode, a device call would work as long as that is the only device that those users use to connect to your resources. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAL question 99% of the time, our users have their own computer, so device CALs have always been appropriate. This time, there will be one remote PC, with multiple users potentially using it. Thanks for everyone's' input. Bob From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAL question Whichever I have fewer of... that is what I buy. Fewer computers than users, buy DEVICE CALS (I have found this to be the most common scenario) Fewer users than computers, buy USER CALS This holds true for Windows 2003 Server CALS, Exchange 2003 Server CALS, Office 2003 CALS. -Dave _ From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAL question Based on the FAQ, I would interpret it the way you do.and that's way the licensing specialist did too when I talked to 2 different ones a month ago. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/caloverview.ms px From the link: The option to choose between the two types of Windows CALs offers you the flexibility to use the licensing that best suits the needs of your organization. For example: . Windows Device CALs might make most economic and administrative sense for an organization with multiple users for one device, such as shift workers. . Whereas, Windows User CALs might make most sense for an organization with many employees who need access to the corporate network from unknown devices (for example, when traveling) and/or an organization with employees who access the network via multiple devices. I have never heard that statement interpreted as that if you create user accounts for individuals on a single device you need user CALs. That's the point of a device CAL. - Andy O. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CAL question Ok.. Just to make sure I am correct. MS Licensing CAL per device. One device in a remote location. (Windows XP / Office 2007 / Exchange 2003) I create 4 user accounts and mailboxes and they can access through that single PC, at different times of course. I don't need user CALs for this, correct? Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
