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Bad Mail Black Hole

It'll take some careful investigation to figure out why bad mail on your Exchange server is eating up disk space.

SUS Gets a Service Pack Upgrade

Microsoft’s Software Update Services has added a critical piece of functionality that promises to make it much more useful in the enterprise—the ability to install service packs.

Power Up Offline Files

A feature for mobile users.

Keys to the Kingdom

Is giving a local user admin rights any way to run a network?

Beta Testing of Desktop OS Exam 70-271 Nov. 3

New exam for MCDST gets beta tested from Nov. 3 through Nov. 10.

Automating User Mailbox Creation

The trick to creating Exchange 2000 user mailboxes via scripting is in the CDOEXM libraries.

Local Control

Provide users with local admin access via this nifty script.

Rally 'Round the Server Roles

Nagging doubts about which domain controller is the RID Master.

Desktop Tech Cert Sees Light of Day

Microsoft introduces new certification, MCDST, and two new exams aimed at help desk and desktop support experts.

Security Tops Priorities at Microsoft Partner Conference

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses security, promises new tools to combat growing problems.

Script Sampling

A reader needs a dynamic, graphical count of network traffic and wants to use scripting to do it. Bill points to a few sources for understanding scripting.

Patrolling the Server Room

BMC PATROL monitors and corrects common problems.

Understanding Bayesian Analysis

From the early days to recent times, see how spam and ham differ, statistically speaking.

Using DNSBLs

How Black Lists work for blocking spam.

Thank You, Hormel

The first meaning of spam.

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