February 2005 Entries
It really shouldn't say the title like this as all what I am talking about here is just one wonderful tool that does this kind of job for fee. However, since my first post named like this it would be easy to named as the same to keep it consistent.
Spam is a hot topic and still getting hotter. Fighting with spam is becoming more and more crucial and regular task for IT Pros like us. In order to win the battle finally, by knowing the essential knowledge about the technology will definitely help. In the Windows marketplace, no "one-size-fits-all" antispam solution exists, so by knowing the knowledge also will help to decide what to look for when you're evaluating which type of antispam solution is appropriate for your organization.
There are many free online resources that will allow your small business to test the kinds of e-business cocepts and strategies that big business has been used for years. Here are three of them:
Overview
Spyware is the general term used to describe any software which employs a user's internet connection in the background without their knowledge or permission. These agents can be:
Overview
Promqry and PromqryUI can accurately determine if a modern (Windows 2000 and later) managed Windows system has network interfaces in promiscuous mode. If a system has network interfaces in promiscuous mode, it may indicate the presence of a network sniffer running on the system.
Promqry cannot detect standalone sniffers or sniffers running on non-Windows operating systems.
Found this post from Google Blog today. It is quite neat. I was often using MSN Mappoint as my default map searching but this is quite different. I will use this alternatively as I found some streets and addresses haven't been updated on MSN, at least some from the city I am living, which is Vancouver.
Scott Mitchell has a interesting post on his blog regarding bug database to track the bugs during the development. The post also triggered other people's comments that include a bunch of good software list for this topic, which is even superer.
A lot of thought goes into provisioning and maintaining employees' mailboxes, but little thought typically goes into what to do with those mailboxes after their owners leave the company.
Maintaining a former employee's mailbox is a good idea for many reasons. The mailbox might contain important messages and documents, so deleting it could erase quotes or proposals related to active projects or important messages that haven't been opened.