Infrastructure

IPv6 may make IP Blacklists unusable

2011-03-18

With the approach of World IPv6 day, I started thinking about things that moving to IPv6 will affect, and IP Blacklists are definitely one of them. In my post over at AllSpammedUp.com, I discuss this and propose a few alternatives to consider. If this seems relevant to your interests, I bet you know what to [...]

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Just Add Dropbox: Share Folder Etiquette

2011-03-16

Dropbox is an incredible utility and the longer I use it the more I find it indispensible.  We’ve discussed using Dropbox with OneNote to keep all your writing centralized.  We’ve also gone over making Windows Live Writer more portable thru Junction folders and Dropbox.  One feature that’s been seriously useful is the shared folder capability.  [...]

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howto://set page file and crash handling with wmic

2011-03-14

Setting up a new datacentre can be a lot of fun; or it can be a royal pain in the arse, depending upon how much time you have, how much you can plan out in advance, and how much it hurts when someone changes their mind. When we collectively decided to bring the pain, determining [...]

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howto://email enable your scripts

2011-03-11

This week over at TheEmailAdmin, I talk about an old friend of mine; blat. If you need to add some kind of email functionality to a script or scheduled task, this little tool is just the ticket. Read all about it by clicking the pretty picture below, and if you find it useful, feel free [...]

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howto://”mirror” usb drives, or not…

2011-03-02

Windows won’t support dynamic disks on USB drives, so what’s a geek to do if he wants a mirror? Read this to find out.

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howto://configure Exchange 2010 as an SMTP relay

2011-02-28

Need a simple SMPT relay for your internal network, and want to use your Exchange infrastructure? Here’s how to set up a Hub Transport server to relay SMTP mail for your printers, scanners, reports, etc.

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What are Bayesian filters anyway?

2011-02-25

It sounds really cool to talk about Bayesian filters…kind of like Dilithium crystals, but without the nerd baggage that comes along with knowing what those are. Of course, many an email admin can probably talk more about the critical component of warp engines than they can about the critical component of spam filters. I wanted [...]

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We interrupt your morning to bring you the following announcement

2011-02-23

This just in…Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 is now available! It was available briefly on Windows Update, but is not showing for all systems just yet. You can download it from Microsoft, using link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda. The download weighs in at almost 2GB, so if you are only going to update one machine, you [...]

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howto://troubleshoot edge subscriptions

2011-02-18

This week over at TheEmailAdmin, I share some tips for troubleshooting edge subscriptions in Exchange 2010. If this is of interest to you, click the pretty picture below, read all about it over at TheEmailAdmin, and feel free to retweet it from their page, or leave a comment. Thanks! Once you are done reading about [...]

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howto://pump up the volume without spamming

2011-02-07

When Marketing takes it upon themselves to email stuff out to a 2000 user contact list, here’s how you can make sure your Exchange environment doesn’t wind up on an RDNSBL.

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howto://rename a user’s profile

2011-01-31

Oops, you misspelled the last name, and no, they don’t think it’s ‘close enough.’ But you don’t want to scrap and start over again, because you have to many apps already set up. Here’s how to rename the profile so that everything just works.

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30 Days with the iPad:Get a case

2011-01-28

As great as the iPad’s slick aluminium case is, if you plan on carrying it around or using it for any length of time, you are going to want to get yourself a case.

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