Viewing entries posted in January 2011

The life of a digital pack-rat

Posted by John Sneddon on 24 January 2011 |  

 

I mentioned in a previous post the idea of data hoarders, and I started thinking about my own habits. Apparently the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, so: I am a digital pack-rat. There, now let the recovery begin!

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New Version of ExchangeInfo.ps1

Posted by John Sneddon on 19 January 2011 |  

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I have just uploaded a new version of the ExchangeInfo Powershell script.

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Exchange Message Tracking and my friend Powershell

Posted by on 17 January 2011 |  

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Just before Christmas, the CEO of the company came up to me and asked for some basic stats on email traffic. At the time I was able to provide some detail from our email filtering software, and some very basic stats from the Exchange Message Tracking Log through Powershell. At the time it did the job, but I have since picked up the task again to add to my Exchange Information script (which is what it will become once it is no longer just Mailbox Stats).

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What to do with old users

Posted by John Sneddon on 12 January 2011 |  

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Something that is becoming increasingly important in my current role is what to do about old users that have left the organisation. Specifically:

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The Semicolon Wars

Posted by John Sneddon on 5 January 2011 |  

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I recently read an article on the American Scientist website called The Semicolon Wars, which discussed the rise of the programming languages. The article discusses the fact that there are literally thousands of different languages, and the fact that this clearly shows that we haven't got it right. But can we ever get it right?

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Happy (belated) Christmas/New year!

Posted by John Sneddon on 4 January 2011 |  

Just a quick post to say Merry Christmas, Hanukkah or however you celebrate this time of year, and a happy new year. I hope you all had a great time, and that the year ahead is a prosperous one.

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