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From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:10.4.5 404 Not FoundThe server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent. If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address. |
Exchange automation tool revamped for 2000Account creation, mailbox moving features added.
By John Fontana Now that Exchange 2000 has shipped, the third-party tools that were sure to follow are showing their interfaces. Recently, Discus Data Solutions shipped its Exchange Management System 2000, a set of modules that work with Active Directory to automate the creation and management of Exchange 2000 and Windows 2000 accounts. The company plans to follow the release early next year with ActiveGroups 2000, which will automate the management of distribution lists and security groups in Exchange and Windows 2000. For now, though, the Exchange Management System (ExMS) is shipping and includes new features for account creation on multiple platforms, a new account status manager and a separate add-on product called Move Mailbox Manager. The software, which can run on a server separate from Exchange, automates many of the account management tasks associated with e-mail, including synchronizing user data between Exchange and other corporate repositories. Paine Webber uses that feature to ensure the integrity of user data, such as title, telephone number and address, across its organization. The company also is using the Move Mailbox Manager to migrate some of its 23,000 Exchange users between sites. "We feed it a spread sheet of names and schedule the job to run and let it go," says Phil Ball, manager of messaging for Paine Webber in Weehawken, N.J. The software moves the entire mailbox including calendar and contact entries, and subfolders. "In general, we've been able to create a cleaner Exchange environment by reducing a number of manual process," Ball says. The Move Mailbox Manager is a GUI- based, drag-and-drop tool that moves mailboxes between containers within an Exchange site, between separate Exchange sites or between different organizations that run Exchange. Discus Data officials think the latter will be useful as companies merge and acquire one another.ExMS 2000 also has added an Account Status Manager, the next generation of the Account Deletion Manager found in previous versions of the software. The old tool was restricted to scheduling account deletions. The revised tool adds the capability to set schedules and policies for suspending, hiding or disabling accounts, forwarding e-mail, archiving e-mail and terminating accounts. In addition, Discus Data has enhanced its Account Creation tool to include accounts created for Windows 2000. The tool pulls data from other corporate repositories, including human resources databases, so administrators don't have to recreate data available elsewhere on the network. "It's all a set of checks and balances so user accounts are in the best shape possible," says B.Z. Halberstam, CEO of Discus Data. "The whole point is to build in automation of routine tasks that if left undone can cause problems." ExMS 2000 runs on Windows NT and 2000. It is priced from $5 to $15 per users. Pricing for the Move Mailbox Manager has yet to be set. Contact Senior Editor John Fontana Other recent articles by Fontana Send this article to a colleague
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