RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Greg Deckler
Well, our recollections are different. My recollection is that the MVP's swore up and down that they did not get compensated. I may have missed something in the deluge of postings and it was quite a while ago so I may not have a perfect recollection of this. To term this "lying" is simply intellec

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Ely, Don
Did ya hear that sound? It was a "whoosh" right over your head... -Original Message- From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:41 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 Huh? > I'm sorry. The title of this discussi

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Ely, Don
And fiction is fiction... Your point? -Original Message- From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:32 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 Facts are facts. > Ok "Mr. I help build this community", >

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
I'm still partial to doing a manual rotation scheme, but maybe that's just old school. I also have a large number of systems for which we do daily full backups. I also prefer to do differentials rather than incrementals, which means GFS doesn't usually work so well. Roger -

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Greg Deckler
Huh? > I'm sorry. The title of this discussion list is Exchange Discussions, not > Exchange Help Line. You are not the arbiter; I shall discuss what I choose > to discuss. > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > >

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Greg Deckler
I do not hold you or anyone in contempt. I believe that your actions are wrong and hurt IT professionalism as a whole. My beliefs may be on the fringe, but that does not make them any less correct. I have never tried to offend, only to educate. I cannot help if people get offended, but it does see

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Greg Deckler
Facts are facts. > Ok "Mr. I help build this community", > _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
Read my earlier post. Especially the part about being "circumspect". As to your claim about what MVPs said about "small gifts", you are simply a liar; there's no better term for it. I have the archives, and I remember very clearly what I typed and others posted, but I choose not to go research

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Bowles, John (OIG/OMP)
Kick his a$$ seabass! _ John Bowles Exchange Engineer OIG/HHS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:13 AM To: Exchange Discussions

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
I'm sorry. The title of this discussion list is Exchange Discussions, not Exchange Help Line. You are not the arbiter; I shall discuss what I choose to discuss. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message--

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
Here's some philosophy for you. Those you hold in contempt will very likely hold you in contempt. You are the only person from whom I've ever heard such an opinion. Perhaps if you were a little circumspect you might begin to see that your insulting belief is on the fringe and to continue to espo

RE: SMTP mail not reaching Exchange Server

2003-12-11 Thread Martin Blackstone
I'm assuming the external interface on the SW has a public IP and the internal interface has a private IP and you are attempting to NAT you connection. In the Sonicwall, under the advanced setting, you should have it setup under one-to-one NAT the public/private translation for your Exchange server

RE: Outlook XP -> Exch 2ksp3 POP3 Login problems

2003-12-11 Thread Crista Murphy
As I said... it's set to never expire and it has not. She is able to send and receive email, she just keeps getting prompted for her password. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http:

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
I think Netbackup allows tape multiplexing which greatly increases backup speeds, but could be a pain during restores - data would need to be de-multiplexed. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, Exchange MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original Message- From: Jason Rad

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
I concur. We have TSM here at Spherion and I am growing to like it. The back-end of TSM is taken care of by *nix guys, so I don't know how easy it is to configure and maintain it there. But on the Exchange server side it is very straightforward and works very well. Our Exchange servers are on a SA

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Ely, Don
Ok "Mr. I help build this community", Here's my opinion... You're like a hemorrhoid and no amount of Preparation H is making you go away... :( -Original Message- From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:58 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Greg Deckler
I do not believe that I have ever "bashed" anyone. I have expressed my opinion. Honorary titles and gifts are a conflict of interest and hence not something that professional IT people should engage in, period. You can justify it all you want to yourself but it does not change the fact that it is a

RE: OWA and SMTP

2003-12-11 Thread Ely, Don
Well, of course, but what if the FE gets compromised? It's still allowed to talk to the BE and DC's, right? Problem still exists... We can all debate this till we're blue in the face, but the fact is, putting an FE server in the DMZ only gives you a false sense of security. It's no more or no l

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Jason Rader
We use Netbackup Datacenter 4.5 and while the interface is clunkier than backup exec imo, the speeds have been tremendous and the system itself has been very reliable. Supposedly it will back up straight from a san but we haven't hooked it up to ours yet. Jason From: "Ben Winzenz" <[EMAIL P

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Orin Rehorst
The Exchange component of TSM works well...if you're a TSM shop. Regards, Orin Orin Rehorst Port of Houston Authority (Largest U.S. port in foreign tonnage) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (713)670-2443 Fax: (713)670-2457 TOPAS web site: -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [ma

RE: OWA and SMTP

2003-12-11 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
But you don't have to open those 20 ports to the entire world. You can only specify that the FE should be able to talk to the BE and the DCs. I agree - it is more work to set up and maintain. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, Exchange MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Orig

RE: OWA and SMTP

2003-12-11 Thread Ely, Don
Davinder, What are the 7 ports? Might they not be more risk than just 25 and 443? Risks are all around us, it's up to us to determine what level of risk we're willing to accept... -Original Message- From: Davinder Gupta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:15

RE: OWA and SMTP

2003-12-11 Thread Ely, Don
No, it should be on the edge of your network... ;o) -Original Message- From: David, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 3:11 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: OWA and SMTP Shouldn't the ISA server be in the DMZ? -Original Message- From: Mart

RE: OWA and SMTP

2003-12-11 Thread Ely, Don
Because Microsoft and Security are synonymous, of course! If one chooses to put their FE server in the DMZ, open the bazillion ports required to connect to the BE server and the FE server gets compromised in any way. You have just opened the door to your internal network. Some might say, the s

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Ben Winzenz
If you haven't used the latest version of BackupExec, then you haven't really used it. I also used Arcserve and detested it. The speeds with Arcserve were slow, I couldn't do a restore without having to use eseutil and/or isinteg, and I also didn't like the interface. I much prefer my BackupExec

RE: SMTP Not Reaching Exchange Server

2003-12-11 Thread Ely, Don
The address you have which I assume is your firewall is not accepting connections. Look at your firewall logs... -Original Message- From: Niki Blowfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: SMTP Not Reaching Exchange Serve

Rép. : RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Pierre Plamondon
It is a very interesting to see all the respond to the initial question of Greg. Only 4 acceptable answer. How many time lose to read the scrap the other specialist!!!, for me this kind of list is to help anybody to find a solution for a particular problem. If a people can not help, please do no

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Ronald Mazzotta
I have used both veritas and CA and I must say while both are excellent I prefer the GFS rotation of CA. As far as the interface I have no problem with it. Ronald R. Mazzotta Jr. Director of IT Schonbraun Safris McCann Bekritsky & Co. L.L.C. 101 Eisenhower pky Roseland NJ, 07068 -Original

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Ben Winzenz
LOL! Ben Winzenz Network Engineer Gardner & White (317) 581-1580 ext 418 -Original Message- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:14 AM Posted To: Exchange (Swynk) Conversation: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 Subject: RE: Migrating from

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
Or a Happy Hanukkah or Merry Kwanza to those of us who observe one of them... Only a handful here will get the reference, but I had occasion to share the story of Peter Frampton and the Rabbi last weekend Roger -- Roger D. Seielstad

SMTP Not Reaching Exchange Server

2003-12-11 Thread Niki Blowfield
Hi, Running MS Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 on Windows NT4 Single server environment, server sits on private address behind Sonicwall ProVX firewall Firewall forwards all SMTP to this server which has the IMC, has worked fine for a number of years Mail has stopped reaching mailboxes, and doesnt

RE: OWA and SMTP

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
Actually, you can't snoop the SSL traffic. Ok, you can, but its worthless. I'd suggest an SSL accelerator (either hardware or software) sitting in the DMZ, passing unencrypted traffic between the DMZ and a front end server on the internal network. We've been doing that for about 18 months without

SMTP mail not reaching Exchange Server

2003-12-11 Thread Niki Blowfield
Hi, Running MS Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 on Windows NT4 Single server environment, server sits on private address behind Sonicwall ProVX firewall Firewall forwards all SMTP to this server which has the IMC, has worked fine for a number of years Mail has stopped reaching mailboxes, and doesnt

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
No, but mydotcomcanbeatupyour.com is a registered domain of a former coworker of mine. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -Original Message- > From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
Have you seen a mental health professional lately? I had the decidedly unfortunate experience to have inherited ArcServe when I started here. And I'll freely admit that I was able to get it to both backup and restore both files and Exchange databases. It took 10 times longer to set up and administ

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Sander Van Butzelaar
Sorry, all out. I have one hallelujah left though ...:-) It's nearly Christmas! Sander -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 December 2003 03:40 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 Can I get an "Amen"! Eric Fretz L-3

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Eric Fretz
You get points for finding a way to work "31337" into an Exchange discussion list. Way to go you hax0r. Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Running Eseutil /d

2003-12-11 Thread Eric Fretz
The online exchange defragmenter does a nice job of keeping the databases maintained. There is no reason to do an offline defrag unless you've hit the 16Gb limit in Exchange Standard edition -or- something has gotten really screwed up in the database and exchange cannot rebuild the store from the

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
First off, don't drink the Koolaid that says BCV snaps of Exchange are a good idea. At least not yet - not until there is native (i.e. written by Microsoft) support for pausing IO and acquiescing of the database prior to a snapshot being taken. Even then, it is NOT the zero downtime solution that a

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Eric Fretz
Can I get an "Amen"! Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:38 AM To: Exchange Discussions Su

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Martin Blackstone
I think what is at issue here is that in the past you have spent time in this group bashing on the major posters, a number of which are MS MVP's. You insult us by calling us unethical as we have accepted small gifts from MS as part of our MVP status. And though you may not believe it, most of us ar

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Eric Fretz
Nice job, Yoda. Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:59 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mi

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Greg Deckler
Here's a perfect example of people picking fights just to pick fights. Let me break this down for you. 1. I posted a question to a community that is supposedly there to help one and all, a community I helped build 2. I get a rude reply from Ed 3. I brush this off and simply tell Ed to play nice 4.

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-11 Thread Christopher Hummert
"Why a difference of opinion on a single subject causes you to continually complain and be rude is beyond my ability to comprehend. I would prefer if you found it within yourself to get over it, move on and be civil. I have." I just have one question about this. If you've moved on, then why did yo

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