The point of that comment was the fact that I didn't do
anything. The box was running fine and all of a sudden
whammo. I hadn't touched it, there was no power failure,
the ups was working, etc. I know that I can get a computer
to screw up. I have people that can somehow do it by just
moving the mouse :) But when nobody touches the machine,
that is another story.
Bow and arrow, very weird.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Rickman [SMTP:">jonathanrickman@netscape.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:48 AM
> To: '">ale@ale.org'
> Subject: RE: [ale] Reasons not to go Exchange
>
> Try this...pick any *nix box out there, set the default run level to 6,
> press ctrl+alt+del and watch what happens.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Jones [mailto:">pjones@newcomb-boyd.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:54 AM
> To: ">milh4ck@kmfms.com
> Subject: RE: [ale] Reasons not to go Exchange
>
>
>
> Oh, I forgot to mention the first week we had the Exchange server.
> The darn thing started rebooting itself. It would get in an endless
> loop and couldn't ever get past the login screen. I don't know why it
> did this. I replaced almost every piece of equipment in the server.
> The only thing I didn't replace was the case. I had to reformat/reinstall
> about 6 times before I could get the thing to work properly. Luckily I
> had a backup of the current email database. If you are forced to go with
> Exchange, make sure you have a disaster recovery plan. I have had to
> use mine twice now. I don't know if this is a hardware issue. As I
> stated,
> I couldn't find a problem with any hardware.
>
> Another thing, you have to be careful when you set up your server. With
> the Internet Mail Connector, everything has a SMTP address. This means
> any public folders, etc. Somebody could flood your system if they know
> you have your folders setup as something@somecompany.com.
>
> Did I mention viri :) I can't wait for the day that these script kiddies
> get bored
> with this junk. What ever happened to the good ol' days of assembly
> language
> viri. Oh I remember my first virus from the EE computer lab at GaTech.
> But
> I
> digress (or is that regress).
>
> Patrick
>
>
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