Category: Email
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Email’s about to die? I think not
Ho hum: the recent Wired.com article “The Next Big Thing You Missed: Email’s About to Die, Argues Facebook Co-Founder” seemed to be one big advertisement for Asana, a startup based in San Francisco. Asana, led by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, wants to provide us with a replacement for regular email,…
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Exchange Unwashed Digest – December 2013
Statistics show that 118 new posts appeared on my Exchange Unwashed blog on WindowsITPro.com during 2013. I was responsible for the good posts and am unsure as to the author of anything that was rubbish. Here’s what happened during December 2013 – you might have missed the last few posts…
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The elimination of web bugs (well, for Gmail anyway)
I read Google’s post of December 12 announcing that Gmail would now display graphics in messages automatically with some interest. It seems like a very good idea to me to address the “web beacon” or “web bug” problem that has forced users to decide whether they want to download images…
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Did Exchange ActiveSync help Apple to beat RIM?
Now that the dust has settled down after the publication of my recent interview with Perry Clarke, Microsoft VP for Exchange development, it’s a good time to reflect on some of the statements made by Perry and the reaction that I’ve received since. I plan to look at some of…
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Motorola Mobility continues its losing streak in synchronization war with Microsoft
I spent a good part of 2012 helping Microsoft to defend a law suit in the UK High Court against Motorola Mobility. You’ll recall that Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in 2011 with the intention of exploiting the many patents that Motorola had accumulated in the telecommunications space…
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The dirty little secret about migration to modern public folders
Have you heard about a migration to modern public folders that has gone well? I haven’t. Apart that is from the demo migrations that appear at trade shows and conferences to show that all is well and that Microsoft hasn’t reneged on their promise to bring the cockroaches of Exchange…
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Improve Exchange – voice your ideas now
Following up the request for input for an interview with Perry Clarke, Microsoft VP for Exchange development (the interview is this coming Friday, and I will publish the result on my Exchange Unwashed blog), a number of the Exchange MVPs have discussed how best to collect real-world user input for…
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Security updates for Exchange December 2013
Updated: 10 December. As anticipated, Microsoft released a set of security bulletins on Tuesday, December 10. Among the set, MS13-105 addresses a number of vulnerabilities in Exchange 2007, 2010, and 2013. The following updates have been released: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (RU12 – KB2903911) Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service…
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Exchange Unwashed Digest – November 2013
November 2013 was quite a month for me. I was all set to go to the annual Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond when I had a sudden and so far unexplained collapse (kind of like a personal reboot) on November 15 that resulted in a fifteen-day stay in hospital. Although…
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Using an intelligent Twitter stream to keep up to date
I am often asked how I track new developments and information about Exchange, Office 365, Windows or the other technologies in which I am interested. My response is “by using Twitter intelligently”. There’s no doubt that an extraordinary amount of dross is generated and shared daily on Twitter. People who…
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