Create a Black Hole to Kill NDRs

A "Black Hole" is a mail-enabled distribution group that has no members but SMTP email addresses! Black holes can be configured to address the issue that arises when an employee leaves and the corresponding mailbox is removed which results in the generation of NDRs when emails sent to that email address.
MS Exchange Blog : Black Holes - not just a space thing!

Configure MX Records for Incoming SMTP E-Mail Traffic

Exchange Server does not receive internet emails when MX record is not configured properly. This document explains why MX is necessary and goes over a couple of possible exchange scenarios and comes up with MX and A record configurations, Load Balancing, Fault tolerance and finally how to test the MX record configuration.
Configure MX Records for Incoming SMTP E-Mail Traffic

Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter Update

Microsoft has released another update to Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter which enhances junk e-mail detection:
Download details: Update for Outlook 2003: Junk E-mail Filter (KB870765)

Passed CCNA 640-801

After months of study I could Pass CCNA 640-801 exam today.
55 questions including 2 simulations and many Switching, OSPF, RIP and Frame-relay scenarios. Cisco assumes candidates can handle subnetting on the fly and almost in every question candidates will face some sort of subnetting calculation without being directly questioned about it.

Microsoft Exchange IMF Does Not Scan Emails!?

Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter does not scan emails on an Exchange servers with NetBIOS name more than 15 characters long so Microsoft has provided a hotfix to solve this issue!!!
This is funny! How did they manage to ignore this when they were developing Exchange IMF!?
873434 - The Exchange Intelligent Message Filter does not scan e-mail messages on your Exchange Server 2003 computer

Learn about Exchange Intelligent Message Filter:
Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter Overview

To Have Succeeded

To laugh often and much
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived
This is to have succeeded. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

From Personal Success Pocketbook by: Paul Hayden

Storage Networking

Storage Networking is about connecting external storage solutions (whether IDE, SATA, or SCSI) so that they can communicate, switch between requests and route requests. Sounds like a typical IP Network but has got a different story assuming I am talking about SAN solutions!
SANs are connected over Fiber Channel (FC) with 1Gbps or 2Gbps bandwidth, using FC switches that are much more expensive and faster than Ethernet Switches which makes them the only solution when large data should travel over the network quickly and continuously or when high and expandable capacity is required. SANs have their own addressing scheme and Fiber Channel routers use these addressings to make routing decisions.
Servers should utilize FC(Fiber Channel) HBAs to join this kind of networks. HBAs are like Ethernet Adapters except that They are used to connect to Fiber Channel Switches or when only a Point-to-Point Fiber Channel Communication is needed.