Category Archives: Exchange

Visiting Dallas

Events, Exchange, Shockey Monkey, Vladville
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I’m off to Dallas. On Thursday, January 25th, I’ll be presenting a few topics on business/technology to the Dallas Fort Worth SBS User Group. I’ll be talking about: Corporate leadership (pre-event, Q&A) Exchange 2007 ExchangeDefender, Shockey Monkey, virtual infrastructure Just … Continue reading

Dealing with Email Latency

Exchange, ExchangeDefender
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Since the latest SPAM outbreaks started last October we have been dealing with adhoc problems with huge delays in mail delivery. MSNBC calls it “Spam is back and worse than ever” so it’s natural to assume that its your SPAM … Continue reading

Watch where you blog Vlad

Exchange, Vladville
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Sorry about the previos post, it went to the wrong profile and ended up here instead of the Own Web Now Corp Blog. For what its worth, we “innovated” that feature from Exchange 2007 and Sendmail. While Exchange 2007 does … Continue reading

Get to know Exchange 2007

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Short notice but worth it. I’m presenting on Exchange 2007 tomorrow morning to Alamo PC SBS SIG (the taco people). The event will be webcast, if you have some time from 9:30 AM – Noon EST hope you join me. The … Continue reading

Second Exchange MVP Award

Exchange, Vladville
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I got the second Exchange MVP Award from Microsoft this year for my work in the Exchange technical arena and all the community work I’ve done this year. Speaking of which, I’m speaking at the Alamo PC Users Group this … Continue reading

ORDB Shutdown Drama

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There seems to be a lot of drama surrounding the shutdown of ORDB spam blacklist. Here is why this is a non-event: Open relays no longer significantly contribute to the amount of spam. Few years ago, this was not the … Continue reading

Exchange 2007 is Available!

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Exchange 2007 has finally been released. It is available to Volume Licensing customers on licensing.microsoft.com. There are no bits on MSDN or Technet yet (will be there soon) but you can get the evaluation copies already and remember that Microsoft … Continue reading

Article on tar-pitting and back-scatter

Exchange
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I just finished writing a slightly longer article about the principles of tar-pitting and back-scatter over on the Own Web Now Blog. As mentioned earlier, more of the serious business related stuff will be happening over there. Here is a … Continue reading

No Outlook for you! Exchange 2007 Licensing Change

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Nothing ruins a great product launch like brilliant Microsoft licensing. Exchange 2007 will be no different, take a look at whats raising the blood pressure around Exchange communities: Outlook 2007 grant for Exchange Server 2003 CAL customers Unlike prior versions, … Continue reading

Exchange 2007 Signed Off

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Exchange 2007 has been signed off on. This means almost everyone has agreed that the product is ready to ship, the pricing is known, etc, etc, etc. This has been quite a journey. Unfortunately, I am still under an NDA … Continue reading