Category Archives: Exchange

Exchange 2007 SP1 Out, RTFM FIRST

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Exchange 2007 SP1 has shipped today, there is a TON of stuff you need to be aware of before you roll out. This is a significant upgrade that should not just be clicked through without reading the manual. So while … Continue reading

HOWTO: Troubleshooting Mail Delivery

Exchange, ExchangeDefender
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One of the most frustrating things I do for living is troubleshooting mail delivery. Not because it’s incredibly frustrating and almost never my fault, but because I tend to get pwned by the most ridiculous “gotchas” of the SMTP. Of … Continue reading

Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP Released

Exchange, Microsoft, Programming
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One of my fellow Exchange MVP buddies, Bharat (sounds like “Bart”) Suneja is talking about the release of Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP! Now, before you get overly excited, that CTP acronym stands for Community Technology Preview which is just a … Continue reading

Two more Windows Mobile phones you shouldn’t buy

Exchange, Mobility, Vladville
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This has been on my mind for a little while now and sometimes the fanboy eyeglaze needs to wear off before you evaluate things for what they are. I will never buy another Windows Mobile phone until Microsoft stands behind … Continue reading

Big UC News: Yahoo! Acquires Zimbra

Deals, Exchange
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Yahoo! acquired Zimbra earlier tonight for cool $350 mil in cash. Zimbra, for the uninformed crowd basically means: Exchange features on Linux. Though its a lot more than that (collaboration, AJAX interfaces) the bottom line is that this is (or was) the … Continue reading

Exchange 2007 “Bookmark-Me” SP1

E12, Exchange
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Over at You Had Me At EHLO, Cathy has published the updated documentation links for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1. There is a lot of new stuff coming, and the new features address pretty much all the issues that clients have raised and will … Continue reading

Need help with Exchange!

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Ever find yourself saying that? I’ve gotten quite a few questions now that I’ve resumed my tech writing and apparently there are a lot of you that realize you might have been sitting on some pretty poorly configured and managed … Continue reading

Sprints new lineup of Windows Mobile?

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Thomas Ricker of Engadget writes abut the new lineup of Windows Mobile phones from Sprint. Worth a look, esp with Exchange 2007 picking up more and more deployments as of late. WM6 just doesn’t do itself justice without the proper … Continue reading

Exchange 2003 Mailbombs slowing you down?

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The other day I wrote an article on why you should consider limiting the session concurrency to RFC established standards if you don’t have decent perimeter security. Your really should get something, but there is quite a bit you can … Continue reading

Throttling Session Concurrency with SBS / Exchange 2003

Exchange, ExchangeDefender, Vladville
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I have really slacked off when it comes to my Technical Articles but I have to say that last two weeks of direct involvement with ExchangeDefender and fighting spammers has really reinvigorated my passion for helping people deal with this scum. … Continue reading