On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> Try this...pick any *nix box out there, set the default run level to 6,
> press ctrl+alt+del and watch what happens.
Well, yeah, but that's not something that one would do easily or
accidentally.
>
> -----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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