I love this one: "Don't piss off PSS." There is nothing worse than suffering the wrath of a PSS person, especially when they are telling you what to do :-) Mark Fugatt MCSE, MCT, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Rochester, NY Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 http://www.4mcts.com http://www.exchangetrainer.com -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 2:36 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange Do's and Don'ts http://www.MSExchange.org/ Don't buy standard -- you'll upgrade to enterprise soon enough Don't remove the first exchange server in the group until you've done everything you are supposed to! Look at your perfmon stats Look at your db size Use Deleted Item Retention Don't do Brick Level Backups Do backups Use SSL for OWA Don't relay Use strong passwords Upgrade to Exchange 2003 as soon as you can Test your recovery process Have written policies defining email usage for your organization Have valid RDNS Use Outlook 2003 and consolidate servers with Exchange 2003 Don't piss off PSS. Buy software assurance. :-) -----Original Message----- From: Stelley, Douglas [mailto:dstelley@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 2:23 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange Do's and Don'ts http://www.MSExchange.org/ Don't delete the (supposedly unneeded) log files, I love that question -----Original Message----- From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 2:18 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange Do's and Don'ts http://www.MSExchange.org/ OK guys and gals, here is your challenge for today, I am writing an article at the moment about the does and don't with Exchange 2000/2003, such as, Don't perform a file-level AV scan of the databases and logs, don't perform offline backups etc etc So, what are your favorite does and don'ts, I will make sure you are mentioned in the article :-) Thanks Mark Fugatt MCSE, MCT, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Rochester, NY Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 http://www.4mcts.com http://www.exchangetrainer.com ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message may be legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please notify the author immediately by replying to this message and deleting the original message. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------