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Article by: http://www.priasoft.com/
Rules come in 2 flavors: server-side and client-only.
Most people have heard of both of these, but i find that most don't quite understand the difference.
Server-side rules are rules that do NOT require Outlook in order for the rule to work. Client-only rules require Outlook and thereby require an acutual 'client' to be running for them to work.
The reason for explaining this will come shortly.
Secondly, the main reason that rules break is due to the type of rule. Any rule that moves/copies items to a folder are likely to break. The reason is that in the context of the rule, the target folder is not stored as a name. It is stored as a MAPI EntryID (a binary identifier of a folder, much like an objectGuid in AD). When a rule is merely copied from one Exchange Org to another, the rule is broken because the folder with the same name in the target mailbox actually is a 'new' folder with a different ID.
The only way to deal with this is with software that will 'translate' the rule; meaning that the software fixes the rule to use the ID of the new folder in the target mailbox.
Client-only rules, however, are stored in a proprietary format in mailbox and so no-one (excepting microsoft outlook dev team) knows how to parse/edit these rule types, which ultimately means that if a client-only rule exists, and is a rule that copies/moves items to a folder, there's no way to fix it, except by the end user.
Now, in my 9+ years as a MAPI developer and developer of migration tools, the percentage of rules that are client-only AND move/copy to folder is very low.
One thing that can be done by end users is to export/import their rules, however, realize that the outlook team does not deal with resetting the folder IDs on import. The user still will have to fix them.
I can speak with authority on this because i developed the rules migration code in Priasoft's migration product.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
How to protect yourself. Don't give out your information via e-mail (phishing)
Hallo everyone! It is me, Manny-your friendly neighborhood consultant :-)…
As a veteran e-mail systems consultant, I’ve been on the front lines defending small to large institutions from e-mail attackers. In the course of my day to day operations, I’ve gained invaluable techniques for identifying spam/phishing/spoofing, and many other malicious forms of e-mail attacks. But nothing devised by antivirus/firewall manufacturers suffices. For the ingenuity of idle minds, or perhaps not so idle minds, no system provides a fire-proof system-which leads us to “Cautiousness” as a last resort. Thus, it is only obvious to me that I needed to share this information with my family and friends.
I put together this e-mail so you too can defend your information from unscrupulous people, who are bent on stealing your personal information. It is not easy, perhaps time efficient, and to always be alert and quickly decipher those e-mails. Therefore, I live by one simple rule I think we all should adapt with our e-mail usage: Only open e-mails from people you know. If the e-mail has no name, and instead displays something like a product or is not clearly identified in the FROM: field or in the e-mail’s body, delete it, period. Don’t waste your time reading through them. Also, if the e-mail is in the Junk E-mail/SPAM folders, 99% of the time it is junk/spam/phishing/spoof, etc…delete it, delete it, delete it.
But just deleting the e-mails is not enough. You can be pro-activated by fighting them back. They already have your e-mail address, and who knows what else. You can fight them by closing them down. How? By contacting the merchant they were impersonating via their website or via e-mails. You can also report them to the government. Below are links and e-mail addresses of the two I contacted this morning, as examples. If you don’t know how to contact a merchant, a quick search in Google.com with a phrase like “report phishing JCPenny” can quickly produce good results.
Below is an example of how thieves get your information through e-mails. I receive the e-mail below this morning from aw-notice@amazon.com on the FROM: field, asking me to “Click here to verify your account
”. Notice the link has nothing to do with Amazon.com and they address me as Dear Amazon cutomer@comcast.net ? Well, these are all trippers of my security antennas as to its true intent.
Dear Amazon Customer@comcast.net ,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information.
In order to confirm your Amazon account records, we may require some specific information from you.
Click here to verify your account
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.
Thank you for shopping at Amazon.
Sincerely,
Amazon Inc. Review Department.
Ok, here’s what I did.
I prepared an e-mail and sent it to Amazon and also to the government. They have a way to get these thieves out of business. It is not enough to just delete those e-mails. If you have a relationship with a vendor, go to the merchant’s website and search for their policy to report these scams to them. Here are the links to Amazon and the link to the government, in case you need to make a report.
Report PHISHING To Government
Website : http://www.us-cert.gov/nav/report_phishing.html
E-mail : phishing-report@us-cert.gov
Amazon.com's Efforts to Stop Spoofing
Website : http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=4060771
E-mail : stop-spoofing@amazon.com
Hope this helps prevent identity thefts and if at all, a better and well-informed e-mail user. Please excuse if it is wordy or a bit extensive, or if anyone feels more information is better, let me know. I will post this in a website/blog as well. And here’s my blog… http://neighborhoode-mailconsultant.blogspot.com/
Best regards,
Manny Artola
As a veteran e-mail systems consultant, I’ve been on the front lines defending small to large institutions from e-mail attackers. In the course of my day to day operations, I’ve gained invaluable techniques for identifying spam/phishing/spoofing, and many other malicious forms of e-mail attacks. But nothing devised by antivirus/firewall manufacturers suffices. For the ingenuity of idle minds, or perhaps not so idle minds, no system provides a fire-proof system-which leads us to “Cautiousness” as a last resort. Thus, it is only obvious to me that I needed to share this information with my family and friends.
I put together this e-mail so you too can defend your information from unscrupulous people, who are bent on stealing your personal information. It is not easy, perhaps time efficient, and to always be alert and quickly decipher those e-mails. Therefore, I live by one simple rule I think we all should adapt with our e-mail usage: Only open e-mails from people you know. If the e-mail has no name, and instead displays something like a product or is not clearly identified in the FROM: field or in the e-mail’s body, delete it, period. Don’t waste your time reading through them. Also, if the e-mail is in the Junk E-mail/SPAM folders, 99% of the time it is junk/spam/phishing/spoof, etc…delete it, delete it, delete it.
But just deleting the e-mails is not enough. You can be pro-activated by fighting them back. They already have your e-mail address, and who knows what else. You can fight them by closing them down. How? By contacting the merchant they were impersonating via their website or via e-mails. You can also report them to the government. Below are links and e-mail addresses of the two I contacted this morning, as examples. If you don’t know how to contact a merchant, a quick search in Google.com with a phrase like “report phishing JCPenny” can quickly produce good results.
Below is an example of how thieves get your information through e-mails. I receive the e-mail below this morning from aw-notice@amazon.com on the FROM: field, asking me to “Click here to verify your account
”. Notice the link has nothing to do with Amazon.com and they address me as Dear Amazon cutomer@comcast.net ? Well, these are all trippers of my security antennas as to its true intent.
Dear Amazon Customer@comcast.net ,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information.
In order to confirm your Amazon account records, we may require some specific information from you.
Click here to verify your account
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.
Thank you for shopping at Amazon.
Sincerely,
Amazon Inc. Review Department.
Ok, here’s what I did.
I prepared an e-mail and sent it to Amazon and also to the government. They have a way to get these thieves out of business. It is not enough to just delete those e-mails. If you have a relationship with a vendor, go to the merchant’s website and search for their policy to report these scams to them. Here are the links to Amazon and the link to the government, in case you need to make a report.
Report PHISHING To Government
Website : http://www.us-cert.gov/nav/report_phishing.html
E-mail : phishing-report@us-cert.gov
Amazon.com's Efforts to Stop Spoofing
Website : http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=4060771
E-mail : stop-spoofing@amazon.com
Hope this helps prevent identity thefts and if at all, a better and well-informed e-mail user. Please excuse if it is wordy or a bit extensive, or if anyone feels more information is better, let me know. I will post this in a website/blog as well. And here’s my blog… http://neighborhoode-mailconsultant.blogspot.com/
Best regards,
Manny Artola
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