Test your spamfilter

To test if your spamfilter is working correctly you can send a email containing this in the mail body: XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X If your message gets ‘tagged’ by your spamfilter, you know that it is working properly.

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Windows backup – VSS Backup fails

When for instance a VSS backup fails you can make sure the ‘VSS Writer’ for VSS backup is running. # Open command and type: vssadmin list writers # Now if you see for instance “Microsoft Exchange Writer” Status [7]: Failed # Now if you reset the Exchange store service the writer should and will go […]

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Microsoft SQL – Force logfile rotation

By default SQL maintains 7 ErrorLogfiles and rotates them, trowing away the oldest log and creates a new one. If logfiles grow big in size and ‘eat up’ all your HDD space you can force the logfile rotation. The default logfile names are: ErrorLog ErrorLog.1 ErrorLog.2 ErrorLog.3 ErrorLog.4 ErrorLog.5 ErrorLog.6 The normal logfile cycle goes […]

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