On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 08:48:08AM -0500, 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.
Sooo... You're saying that this is an "easy of use" issue?
You don't have to go to this much trouble with Windows because Windows
delivers ready to do this for you automatically?
> -----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
Mike
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