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Change to my Blog

Mark — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:44:00 GMT

My blog has now been changed to http://blogs.technet.com/mfugatt

This site will continue to exist but all new postings will be made to my new blog.

Spamming Does Not Pay

Mark — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:08:00 GMT

Vardan Kushnir, Russia's Biggest Spammer, Beaten to Death

Russian anti-spam vigilantes are a tough bunch. Not that we'd advocate this approach to reducing the global spam problem, but it's a wonder that this hasn't happened before. The Mosnews has the details: http://mosnews.com/news/2005/07/25/spammerdead.shtml.

Source: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2901340

Cluster Server Training

Mark — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:05:00 GMT

This does not have anything to do with Exchange but I had to Blog about it, two of the best Cluster Server guru's I know are working together to present this training, if you are looking the learn Clustering this course is a must, both Rod and Russ have a ton of real world experience.

You can get more information here http://www.clusterhelp.com/

Forgot all about this

Mark — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:38:00 GMT

I had forgot all about this little site, it worth checking out and placing and order or two:

www.cafepress.com/ehlo

Fibre Channel Information Tool

Mark — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:43:00 GMT

Works on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 systems
Tool for discovery of SAN resources and configuration information on your Fibre Channel SAN

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=73d7b879-55b2-4629-8734-b0698096d3b1&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft TechEd - Amsterdam July 5th - July 8th

Mark — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:24:00 GMT

I'll be there, I am scheduled to be at TechEd in Amsterdam, I will be working in the Ask-The-Experts sessions and on the Supportability Panel.

Ask the Experts

Microsoft experts specializing in all 12 tracks at Tech·Ed 2005 Europe will be available to answer your technical questions at the Microsoft Pavilion. Ask product questions relating to your current work projects, follow up on points raised in sessions, and meet face-to-face with speakers, Microsoft consultants, Microsoft technical support service engineers, product managers, Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs) and Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs).

http://www.mseventseurope.com/teched/05/pre/content/default.aspx

How many times a day do you do it?

Mark — Fri, 13 May 2005 16:15:00 GMT

Looks like 2 - 4 times a day is recommended, checkout the link to Ferris Research:

http://ferris.typepad.com/ferris_research_weblog/2005/05/its_best_to_pro.html

Blue Collar Comedy Rides Again

Mark — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:11:00 GMT

This has just been added to my Christmas list, if you have not seen the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" then you MUST go out and get it:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00062IDO2/ref%3Dpe%5Fsnp%5FDO2/103-5305699-1692626

Back on air

Mark — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:34:00 GMT

Well, we finally arrived back in the good old UK, and I am now an employee with Microsoft UK, my official job title is Dedicated Supportability Engineer and will be focusing on Exchange server.

I will try and keep the blog upto date as much as I can.

Thats all for now.

Off the air for a while

Mark — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:37:00 GMT

Tomorrow is a big day in our household, we are all packed up and ready to move back to the UK, so I wont be posting much to the blog for a few weeks.

99,999 Innocent Bystanders Spammed

Mark — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 04:24:00 GMT

I have just finished reading a pretty good article from Microsoft Research regarding Spam (yes, I know I should be doing something more exciting on a Friday evening), here is the link:

http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?id=672

So what is Phishing?

Mark — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:09:00 GMT

I have seen the term used a lot lately, and did not fully understand what it was all about, so a quick Google search revealed all.

Here are a selection of some of the better references that I found:

http://www.antiphishing.org/
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/phishing.html
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,89096,00.html