• Outlook 2007 caches other people's calendars

    In the default modus operandi , Outlook 2007 likes to be in cached mode when running against Exchange, which is generally a *good thing*. Cached mode means there are (by and large) fewer occasions to go back & forth to the server, as it operates by...
  • SPAM SWAG up for grabs

    SWAG == Stuff We All Get (named after the procedure of getting lots of branded merchandise you didn't realise you wanted - or maybe don't really...) Anyway, for my session at IT Forum (UCM313 - Anti-spam Enhancements in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack...
  • Sending SMTP Mail from the command line

    I got an email the other day from someone who'd been at my session at IT Forum (UCM313 - Antispam Enhancements in Exchange 2003 SP2 ), where I'd done a few demos of sending SPAM, in order to show how Exchange could deal with it. I'd used a command line...
  • My Pocket PC kept waking me up with middle-of-the-night reminders... :(

    I switched fairly recently from using a Qtek 8500 Smartphone (which I still use occasionally and love for its form factor) to an Orange SPV M3100 Pocket PC Phone, and have had a somewhat mixed experience as a result. Pros: The M3100 has a nice screen...
  • Using HTC devices as a modem over USB in Vista RTM

    One of the neat things with HTC Windows Mobile 5 devices on Windows Vista is when you activate the Wireless Modem over Bluetooth, Vista will just see the device and automatically detect it as a modem. When you plug the device in to a Vista PC using USB...