Windows
Chat with your Windows MediaCenter!
As reported by Engadget.com, you’ll love this concept and way geeky app to remotely tell Windows MediaCenter to record a tv show – just chat…
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September 2006
Exchange 2007
PowerShell RC2 and Exchange Server 2007
PowerShell Release Candidate 2 was just released and is available for download here. If you’re using Beta 2 or any other build of Exchange Server…
Administration
Add/Remove Windows Components and other time-saving shortcuts
Keyboard/command-line short-cuts that get you to a particular control panel applet or Windows dialog box are usually such great time-savers if you use them enough…
Administration
Logging SMTP protocol activity
Like many of my posts, this one also starts with “By default,… “. Like many folks, I’m always curious about the defaults used for almost…
Administration
Install anti-spam agents on Hub Transport server
If you’re using Exchange Server 2007 in a topology with an Edge Transport server, the anti-spam agents – Connection Filtering, Content Filter Hub Transport node…
Anti-spam
Spamhaus, the E360Insight lawsuit and the future of RBLs
If you’ve been keeping track of spam issues and RBLs, you probably took notice of the recent order by an Illinois court against leading RBL…
Administration
Webinar: How to Simplify Exchange Troubleshooting – An In-Depth Look at Tools
Windows IT Pro magazine recently held a webinar titled “How to Simplify Exchange Troubleshooting – An In-Depth Look at Tools” (access the archived version here…
Administration
Address Literals and Microsoft Exchange
RFC 2821 specifies how address literals can be used to reach recipients – particularly useful when DNS resolution doesn’t work for a particular domain or…
Administration
IMF: Gateway thresholds per server
So far we’ve known that Exchange Server 2003’s content filter – the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF), uses Gateway and Store thresholds and (Gateway) action that…
Administration
Disabling NDRs
RFC 2821 requires a SMTP host to send non-delivery report if a message is accepted but cannot be delivered, and the reverse path is *not…