Archive for August 23rd, 2004
Tackling spam in Exchange with the RegEx SURBL
Last week, I read an interesting e-mail from the Windows and .NET magazine network Exchange and Outlook update, discussing Spam URL Realtime Block Lists (SURBLs), which examine message contents to block spam. This week’s e-mail highlights a free Exchange Server SURBL – the RegEx filter.
The basic idea behind the RegEx Filter, is the ability to [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2004 under Exchange Server, Spam.
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Deploying Windows XP SP2 using Software Update Services
Windows XP SP2 is big and administrators planning to deploy SP2 should be considering the impact on their networks. Microsoft has published an article on deploying SP2 via SUS, including throttling bandwidth usage and preventing the XP SP2 distribution from effectively killing all other network activity.
Posted: August 23rd, 2004 under Patch management, Windows XP.
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New version of MBSA for Windows XP SP2 users
Users of Windows XP Service Pack 2 will need to update the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser (MBSA) to version 1.2.1 for compatibility with SP2 security improvements. According to Microsoft, Windows XP SP2 users who are running MBSA 1.2 will be automatically notified of the update when they run the utility whilst connected to the Internet.
Posted: August 23rd, 2004 under Microsoft, Patch management, Windows XP.
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