RE: Active Directory design in the win2008 R2 world

2009-11-11 Thread Pauls Hotmail
Thanks to all who replied, - seems like my instincts are still fairly well on the money... one thing that would really seal the deal for me would be something documented, ideally by Microsoft, that simply puts these points into a straightforward recommendation of best practice, ideally with some

RE: Laptop Recommendations with 1920x1200 displays around 1000-1500

2009-11-11 Thread Alex Eckelberry
HP is running a pretty hot promo right now. $999 on their HDMI laptop. http://bfads.net/HP-dv8t-Laptop-w-Quad-Core-i7-Processor-999-HP Alex From: asbz...@gmail.com [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:41 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Iscsi from old server

2009-11-11 Thread tony patton
Or Openfiler, don't know if it can run from a flash drive or not, haven't checked. I picked it over FreeNAS at home as Openfiler had VMtools. The install takes up a couple of gig if I remember correctly. Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email:

Re[4]: OT: Side work

2009-11-11 Thread Joe User
Hello Mike, Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 7:07:20 PM, you wrote: Did you know Vista defrags weekly by default? I don't set it to monthly to be aggressive, quarterly would be fine. I set it to monthly because sometimes peoples computers are off, and it doesn't hurt at all to have it set to

To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Todd Lemmiksoo
Remember, Never forget! Kurt.I'm not a Marine, Army, I fought along side the Marines in Vietnam. Was their artillery support recon. Todd Lemmiksoo Network Administrator All-Mode Communications, Inc. 1725 Dryden Road Freeville, New York 13068 (607) 347-4164 x440 1-877-ALLMODE (toll free)

Re: Re[4]: OT: Side work

2009-11-11 Thread asbzone
I setup weekly defragging on most of my systems. --Original Message-- From: Joe User To: NT Issues ReplyTo: NT Issues Subject: Re[4]: OT: Side work Sent: Nov 11, 2009 8:12 AM Hello Mike, Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 7:07:20 PM, you wrote: Did you know Vista defrags weekly by default?

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Bill Lambert
Happy Vet's day, brothers! Light Weapons Infantry Advisor...Viet Nam, 68-69 Bill Lambert Concuity Phone 847-941-9206 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

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Likewise, CPT 03-E US Army 1991-2004 Happy Veterans day... and that those that still serve our nation today... 3 Bags full, Drive Deep... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org

FW: Iscsi from old server

2009-11-11 Thread jbechard
You make a good point about the juice it sucks and heat. I was just going to use these old servers as a backup location on DPM (which won't use NAS it has to be shown as a local drive thus iSCSI). I'll do a Google search to see if DPM lets you use an external and if it does then - problem solved.

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
To all who have served, Thank you. I did not have the honor of serving, but my oldest brother did. He was in the Army for 22 years and retired in 2001. He was in Desert Storm/Shield. When he was due to come home we waited for him at DFW Airport. We had our banners and flags and there were other

Re: Blackberry?

2009-11-11 Thread Stefan Jafs
Desktop Manager? Free Download. Stefan On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:40 PM, James Hill james.h...@superamart.com.auwrote: Do you have a FE exchange server? If so why not purchase a couple of Activesync capable devices instead and use OMA? *From:* Evan Brastow

Re: Today is the 234th Birthday of the US Marine Corp

2009-11-11 Thread James Kerr
Tell him thanks for me, I really enjoyed the YM experience. I wanted join the real service but someone smashed me over the head with a 2x4 right as I was in the recruiting process and the military didn't want me after that (had a bandage on my head for over 6 months). Too many problems with

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Happy Veterans Day. US ARMY, 1987-1991, SPC/E4 (52D) 12th Engineering Battalion, Dexheim, Germany *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Todd Lemmiksoo

RE: Laptop Recommendations with 1920x1200 displays around 1000-1500

2009-11-11 Thread Webster
Looks like one awesome laptop! Webster From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Subject: RE: Laptop Recommendations with 1920x1200 displays around 1000-1500 HP is running a pretty hot promo right now. $999 on their HDMI laptop.

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Glen Johnson
Thanks to all that have served from me and mine. I wanted to join the AF but poor vision 86ed that plan. I'd still love to be able to fly but not gonna happen. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Cool ASB is a another Engineer ( 12A Engineer Officer here, and 13F Field Arty when enlisted) Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Ziots,

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread chosha2002
HAPPY VETERANS DAY to all my fellow vets. Going to my daughter's school for the veterans day ceremony. US Army, 1986-1989, SPC4 Ft. Meade, MD -Original Message- From: Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:10:55 To: NT System Admin

RE: Laptop Recommendations with 1920x1200 displays around 1000-1500

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
+1. Like the SSD too.. .trying to see if I can kill it. J From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Laptop Recommendations with 1920x1200 displays around 1000-1500 Still Like my Latitude

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread David Lum
Can someone please define Veteran for me - it means at some point being full-time military and 8 years of just reserves or NG doesn't count, right? Sometimes the topic of veteran comes up and my wife and I have a little discussion, but there's no way it's the same because part time mean you

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
I agree it's good to think about. Are personal phone calls _STRICTLY_ prohibited, or allowed within reason? Power? Can you check ESPN scores over a cup of coffee? Buy a doodad from amazon.com on your lunch time? Does a 32KB stream cost some money? Yes. Does providing coffee in the breakroom?

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
It could sure. But if you have 1000 users, what percentage do you suppose would actually do it? I manage a net for ~1600 users. I'd guess maybe 5% actually opt to stream something. Like I say, weighted queues... -sc -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov]

RE: Laptop Recommendations with 1920x1200 displays around 1000-1500

2009-11-11 Thread Alex Eckelberry
I would get it myself but I just bought a Sony for the same price, less features, less power :-( Oh well (although I'm a big Vaio fan). Alex From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Laptop

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Veteran refers to someone that has served active duty. That is my definition anyway, and I think it is pretty much the common accepted definition. 180 days of active duty is the benchmark from the Feds for many 'Veteran' benefits. I am NOT belittling a reservist, they make huge sacrifices

RE: Laptop Recommendations with 1920x1200 displays around 1000-1500

2009-11-11 Thread Glen Johnson
I'm looking at that thing too. Nice rig. Anyone know the weight? I can't seem to locate it. I'm betting it is heavy. From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Laptop Recommendations with

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
Steve, it isn't the percentage of users that counts. It's the BANDWIDTH! A T1 line is more impacted than a T3. We have around 40 users, and if I had a T3, they could all probably stream without impacting the bandwidth, but if just 10% stream on a T1, it's noticible. We're a not-for-profit, so we

Re: Laptop Recommendations with 1920x1200 displays around 1000-1500

2009-11-11 Thread Jonathan Link
In the link it says 8.77 pounds. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu wrote: I’m looking at that thing too. Nice rig. Anyone know the weight? I can’t seem to locate it. I’m betting it is heavy. *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com]

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Alex Eckelberry
The best definition: A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to and including my life. But the technical definitions (which are broad) are here:

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
But, when a reservist goes to active duty, he or she becomes a veteran. Thank you to all who have served in the armed forces. And to the others outside of the US, thank you to you also, while this may not be the 'official' day in your country, your service is appreciated. (Because it's usually

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
What amazes me is that everyone chooses to piggyback on an expensive enterprise data network infrastructure and risk the flow of critical business data to *simulate* an inexpensive radio . It becomes much more an issue on T1 and similar connections when the critical data is flowing at a high

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
I like your definition best, Alex. It reflects what should be the spirit of our appreciation, rather than what the letter of some law says, said laws being written to limit the cash that our government has to pay out to the folks that wrote that blank check.

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Sean Rector
USAF - Space Command, was stationed at Buckley AFB in Aurora, CO. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: To All my fellow Vets.Happy Veterans' Day! Cool ASB is a another

geocoding error

2009-11-11 Thread Cameron Cooper
A user of ours is using a map site (ie google maps) and is receiving the following error: When I go into our firewall the site isn't blocked. I've cleaned out the Internet Temp files and cookies on the user's computer and they still have the same issue above. Any idea? ~ Finally,

Re: geocoding error

2009-11-11 Thread James Rankin
Geocoding appears to be some sort of Google code... http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/ 2009/11/11 Cameron Cooper ccoo...@aurico.com A user of ours is using a map site (ie google maps) and is receiving the following error: [image: cid:763062721@04112009-1021]

RE: Blackberry?

2009-11-11 Thread Jeff Johnson
I have the same situation. 4-5 BB users and 3 or 4 which have jumped to the HTC G-1. We just use Desktop Redirector, which is free with the phone. It runs from the client pc, but pushes exchange e-mail to the device. The only problem with that there is only a 1 way sync using redirector.

Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread asbzone
In fairness, internet radio allows access to content that might not currently be available on the airwaves. Just an observation. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:54:31 To: NT System Admin

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
so does bringing in a CD collection to play in the cup holder , but that's not the point ... The point is they're hijacking corporate bandwidth resources ( wonder what the policies are on making personal long distance calls from the company telephones ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems,

Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Where my cubicle is, I get fluctuating cell phone signal, no satellite radio signal, and very poor radio reception because of the metal beams columns in the building infrastructure. I don't stream radio on the internet, or any other kind of media though because of the bandwidth that it takes.

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
I agree ... and actually did perfmon tests to verify that playing a music CD in the computer's CD/DVD drive had minimal impact on the local performance. So users only need to bring in their music CDs to play on their PC .. either through external speakers or the headset jack on the front of most

Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread John Cook
Except in the case of Media player auto ripping the tracks to a redirected my music folder in which case you're now saving and backing up their playlist, BTDT ;-) From: Erik Goldoff To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Nov 11 10:54:13 2009 Subject: RE: INTERNET

Re: OT: Side work

2009-11-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 10 Nov 2009 at 8:36, Jacob wrote: So.. how do you guys to remote work? Remote Assistance in XP? GoToAssist? UltraVNC SingleClick ... works like a champ. LogMeIn Rescue would be my choice for commercial=ware. Neither requires configuring their routers. -- Angus Scott-Fleming

Re: OT: Side work

2009-11-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 10 Nov 2009 at 12:52, Jackson, Jeff wrote: I´ve been using Xolved´s remote, http://www.zolved.com/remote_control, but I´ll have to take a look at these others... As long as it´s free and works over port 80, I´m happy. Eek! Zolved is free, but all your connections flow through their

Workstation backup (was OT: Side work)

2009-11-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 10 Nov 2009 at 9:32, Ben Scott wrote: If I need Windows-based disk imaging, I use Acronis True Image Echo Backup and Recovery Workstation Professional or whatever it's called this year. Looks like that's priced at between $99 and $134 per workstation in quantities under 100 units

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Great, but what are these CD things you talk about? :) Ok, forget about the internet radio... what about educational streaming webcasts that pertains to a user's professional enrichment (Job related). Not all multimedia bandwidth is bad bandwidth. So, we can tell our users - Don't

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread John Cook
Thanks to all who have served for us! From: Kennedy, Jim To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Nov 11 09:35:01 2009 Subject: RE: To All my fellow Vets.Happy Veterans' Day! Veteran refers to someone that has served active duty. That is my definition anyway, and

RE: Blackberry?

2009-11-11 Thread Barsodi.John
Use BIS and OWA? RIM KB: KB03133 Thanks, JB From: Jeff Johnson [mailto:jjohn...@hydraflowusa.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry? I have the same situation. 4-5 BB users and 3 or 4 which have jumped to the HTC G-1. We just use

FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread John Aldrich
One of my users was sent a bogus email abuse warning stating that his account had been flagged because his account was used to send a large amount of unsolicited e-mail messages during the last week. They had an attachment that was flagged by AVG as a virus and so the email was bounced back to me

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
I never backed up their local drives : ) If it was enterprise data, it was supposed to be on enterprise storage ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:00 AM To: NT System

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
that becomes 'business traffic' What I used to do was try to preview all business related streaming traffic to benchmark its utilization just to make sure there were no unbounded hogs Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: Sam Cayze

Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread John Cook
Redirected My docs not local drives. I have a huge playlist I add to regularly - it's called confiscated banned media files. From: Erik Goldoff To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Nov 11 11:09:48 2009 Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS I never backed up their local

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Kurt Buff
I've not served myself. My father did, for 20 years, and I am privileged to know a few vets well enough to call them friends. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 05:16, Todd Lemmiksoo tlemmik...@all-mode.com wrote: Remember, Never forget! Kurt…..I'm not a Marine, Army, I fought along side the Marines in

Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steve Ens
+1 On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:13 AM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: Redirected My docs not local drives. I have a huge playlist I add to regularly - it's called confiscated banned media files. -- *From*: Erik Goldoff *To*: NT System Admin Issues *Sent*:

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Don Ely
Happy Veterans Day to all who have served and to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice... USAF 462 We Live So Others May Die On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Todd Lemmiksoo tlemmik...@all-mode.comwrote: Remember, Never forget! Kurt…..I'm not a Marine, Army, I fought along side the Marines

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
As someone who was just a few years ago sworn in as a U.S. Citizen, I thank everyone that has served this country from the bottom of my heart. Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Founder, VP Marketing. P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com From: Don Ely

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Don Ely
Boy, they'll let anyone in here now... hehehehehe On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.comwrote: As someone who was just a few years ago sworn in as a U.S. Citizen, I thank everyone that has served this country from the bottom of my heart. Warm regards,

Re: Short PtP LoS fixed wireless (was: Connecting two offices...)

2009-11-11 Thread Richard Stovall
This is very helpful. Do you have any links or references to quality vendors that offer the magical fairly economical solutions? Thanks a bunch, RS On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Dennis Hoefer dhoe...@ufcoop.com wrote: We've been running point-to-point links for 9 years, upgrading

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
Indeed ! : ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS Redirected My docs not local drives. I have a huge

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
As with all things policy: YMMV. But 5-10% of 40 users is 2-4 streams. If 64-128Kbps is going to be a deal-breaker, than I'd suggest you are bandwidth starved anyway. Such is probably the case with many SOHO/non-profit institutions, and undoubtedly factors in. -sc -Original Message-

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Hence the weighted queue. -sc -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS What amazes me is that everyone chooses to piggyback on an expensive enterprise data

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 11 Nov 2009 at 9:49, Alex Eckelberry wrote: The best definition: A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to and including my life. +1. Thanks to all who wrote this blank check, we

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
That might be another apples-to-squirrels comparison. There is likely always a non-zero cost for making a long distance call. There are likely many scenarios where 100% of bandwidth isn't utilized, and allowing additional traffic in those cases results in zero additional cost. That having been

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Todd Lemmiksoo
yes, please send. Todd From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FYI -- fake email abuse warning One of my users was sent a bogus email abuse warning stating that

Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread Roger Wright
I don't have access to our BES server (thankfully) but the BES admin tells me all's well. A handful of our BB users are having issues sending and receiving. Some can access their mail at all, others are having messages trickle in a couple hours late. They are in different locations and with

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Eldridge, Dave
Me too John. Worth taking a look at. dave From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning yes, please send. Todd From: John

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread John Aldrich
Slightly sanitized (removed user's email address): Dear user (email address), We have detected that your account was used to send a large amount of unsolicited e-mail messages during the last week. Most likely your computer was infected by a recent virus and now contains a hidden proxy

Re: Workstation backup (was OT: Side work)

2009-11-11 Thread Jonathan Link
I was wondering would get into the licensing issues... On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.comwrote: On 10 Nov 2009 at 9:32, Ben Scott wrote: If I need Windows-based disk imaging, I use Acronis True Image Echo Backup and Recovery Workstation

Re: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Stephan Barr
May I see it please? On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:09 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: One of my users was sent a bogus email abuse warning stating that his account had been flagged because his “account was used to send a large amount of unsolicited e-mail messages during

RE: Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Working fine for me... Have them restart the BB sync service on the server. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Blackberry Issues? I don't have access to our BES

Re: Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
I haven't seen any reports from the BB outage list this week. Are these users that are having issues new to BB? On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote: I don't have access to our BES server (thankfully) but the BES admin tells me all's well. A handful of our BB

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Kurt Buff
Peace Through Superior Firepower - Strategic Air Command On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:26, Don Ely don@gmail.com wrote: Happy Veterans Day to all who have served and to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice... USAF 462 We Live So Others May Die On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Todd

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Richard Stovall
It looks like you use a hosted service from Red Condor. They can't do attachment filtering for you? From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning Slightly

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread David Mazzaccaro
I believe that text is from MyDoom or a variant. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning It looks like you use a

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread John Aldrich
Posted in here. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI -- fake email abuse warning May I see it please? On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:09 AM, John Aldrich

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread John Aldrich
Interesting. Thanks. As I said, I'd never seen this particular exploit before, so I immediately put out a bulletin to all our staff so they can be aware of it. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:13

Re: Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread Roger Wright
They've been on the system since July/August. It's strange that it's just a few out of many, though. Roger Wright ___ Sent from Tampa, FL, United States On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: I haven't seen any reports from the BB outage list this

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Eldridge, Dave
Can't block attachment file types? Ouch! That should be a priority of yours to higher-ups! From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning Slightly sanitized

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread John Aldrich
I know they do virus/spam filtering, but I don't know if they can block executables only or if it's all attachments. We don't want to block all inbound attachments, just executables. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the RedCondor settings. L John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Yeah... that's the MyDoom worm from July 2004: http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32mydoomo.h tml http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?id=39711 http://threatinfo.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=W ORM_MYDOOM.MVSect=T Any

Re: Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread RichardMcClary
We had something similar several months back (and right after applying a BES patch). It seems several user databases got corrupted. Although at the time there was a repair utiliity, it didn't work. We had to delete the affected accounts and re-create them (and then the affected users had to

RE: Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Yes, in the past I have seen a few users working fine, while a few others not working at all, and even some others intermittently having problems. Restarting the BB Sync service always fixes it. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Richard Stovall
You would think that the Red Condor AV filtering would catch it if it really is a 5 year old threat. (Even if they can't filter attachments.) Time for someone to call them, I think, and ask a few questions. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Sam Cayze
We're a not-for-profit, so we can't afford a T3 line.' Can you bond anymore T1's? With our ISP you can add/remove as you please. Last I saw they were running a promo for 6Mbps (4-T1's) for $350/month with a 2 year term. That's probably cause our building is lit with Fiber; check with you

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Sam Cayze
I've seen many of these. They sneak through my spam filter once in a while, but the attachment always gets stripped. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI -- fake email abuse

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread John Aldrich
Well, it may be that since the address postmas...@blueridgecarpet.com was forged as the sender, it ignored it. Hmm. I've activated attachment filtering in my AVG server. I told it to block executable attachments. Hopefully that'll fix it. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard Stovall

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Richard Stovall
FWIW, it might be worth a quick Google search for additional file types to block. We currently block 50 types, not just executables such as exe, com, bat, etc. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread Jim Slattery
11B MN ARNG 1987-1989 11B (522nd MI 2AD 312th MI 1CAV)1990-1994 74F (741st MI)1995-1997 Thank you to everyone who has served, and especially those who served in Vietnam and the current wars. I was in Desert Storm/Shield, and what we

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
As a NFP, it's difficult to justify ANY more expense these days, and particularly if some staff are using the corporate bandwidth for personal purposes. So, the bandwidth is just fine if people use it solely for BUSINESS! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
Absolutely we can and in fact we have a bonded T1 at present. And we can add more T1's to the bond, but the cost is not justified nor are the funds available. We're just fine if people don't stream!!! Murray -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent:

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
I understand not flogging dead equine, but as a matter of interest, do you know what your line current usage is? Would you be philosophically opposed to creating a lower priority queue for such things? -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent:

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Eldridge, Dave
Better duck because Blackstone's name will jump out at you. Even ME2 had a nice list I used way back when. J From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
Yes. If it isn't business related, there's no reason for it to occurr. We have an excellent vacation program along with an extremely liberal paid personal time off policy. If they need to download movies or music, stay home and do it there. Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M.

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks. I found a list and added them to my AVG to block in email. Hopefully that'll be the last time I see that. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI

Re: To All my fellow Vets.....Happy Veterans' Day!

2009-11-11 Thread blazer682
Amen to that. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Jim Slattery jslatt...@medexassist.com Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:39:57 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: To All my fellow Vets.Happy Veterans' Day! 11B MN ARNG

RE: FYI -- fake email abuse warning

2009-11-11 Thread Mike Gill
I've seen this stuff for years. User gets an email with a message urging them to open an attachment to solve an issue. Lately for me it's been SPAM regarding DHL, UPS, FedEX or Facebook but it's pretty much all the same. Paste the first paragraph of the message you got into Google and in the first

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Well downloading movies/music != streaming a public radio broadcast. So no non-business related activity allowed during work hours, period? -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Murray Freeman
Yep, that's the rules! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Well downloading movies/music != streaming a public radio broadcast. So no

Re: Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread Roger Wright
Apparently the BES admin restarted the Sync service a few times. A couple hours later all the messages started hitting the devices normally. Just another isolated incident, I suppose. Roger Wright ___ On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:21 PM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote:

RE: Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread Richard Stovall
I prefer 'transient failure.' From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Blackberry Issues? Apparently the BES admin restarted the Sync service a few times. A couple hours later all the messages started

RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS

2009-11-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Bummer. -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Yep, that's the rules! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare

Re: Blackberry Issues?

2009-11-11 Thread Jonathan Link
H2IK sequence? On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Richard Stovall richard.stov...@researchdata.com wrote: I prefer ‘transient failure.’ *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:40 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Blackberry

Re: HP to acquire 3com

2009-11-11 Thread Andrew Levicki
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