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"The guest account is a way for administrators to let visitors use a mail server anonymously, but because of security issues, the feature is generally not enabled. Exchange servers that had been infected by the Code Red worm and subsequently cleaned will still have the guest account enabled, Greenspan said. "

There are a lot of people out there using M$ product and some of them are professional people with training and knowledge, some are guys running a business trying to keep themselves competing against companies that have more money than sense sometimes. Not everyone can afford to have and hire and pay for technogeeks to ensure that the system is running in perfect shape.

The comment above about having been infected by the Code Red virus (and as far as I am aware, only M$ products were infected by this virus, although the effects of the infection affected EVERYONE!) leaving the exchange server vulnerable is a good warning for people to check their exchange server.

So, for everyone to get on their high horse about how only "unprofessional" and "stupid dinks" would allow such a thing is utterly amazing and I would think a bit uncomplimentary on your people skills. Not everyone can afford someone to play on a computer to make sure that it is not vulnerable to all the hacking attacks going on out there.

I have not been an exchange admin, although I have admined other systems long ago when I worked as a computer tech. Technology and the times have changed since I did that, but I still see smaller companies struggling to keep up with the changes that occur daily.

TLX
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Trusrtworthy Balloney  michael-t | 11/14/03
RE: Trusrtworthy Balloney  ajapierce | 11/15/03
You only have yourself to blame here!  Mike Cox | 11/14/03
Ok  Ployd_Farker | 11/14/03
?  LinuxHippie | 11/14/03
This goes beyond stupid  LinuxHippie | 11/14/03
Put up or shut up  OhMyGosh | 11/14/03
HAHAHAHA  Some_one | 11/14/03
Fools, all of you..  Mike Cox | 11/14/03
LOL  george_ou | 11/14/03
Did you guys forget???  Hard Cider | 11/15/03
not sendmail this time  lmaxwell | 11/14/03
Sendmail had a problem?  B.O.F.H. | 11/14/03
BOFH?  Noneya | 11/15/03
re: not sendmail this time  Still Lynn | 11/14/03
yea sendmail sucks  Some_one | 11/14/03
RE: yea sendmail sucks  Noneya | 11/15/03
And there are people actually stupid enough to pay money for Exchange????  DonnieBoy | 11/14/03
because linux has a product that can even come  JoeMama_z | 11/15/03
and people say setting defaults to more secure will help  lmaxwell | 11/16/03
That's funny..  Patrick Jones | 11/17/03
Uhmm...  trogdor | 11/17/03
Gee.. Is this really even a flaw?  Delaware Boy | 11/15/03
re : Gee.. Is this really even a flaw?  lmaxwell | 11/16/03
My favorite line  Chad_z | 11/15/03
I don't seem to have a problem  JoeMama_z | 11/16/03
Fire the server admin  Suicida| | 11/15/03
Think Computer?  linxbot | 11/15/03
RE :software will never be perfect  lmaxwell | 11/16/03
It crashed my PC!!!  JoeMama_z | 11/16/03
We're a bit slow in Delaware.. But we eventually understand things..  Delaware Boy | 11/16/03
This is a non-issue...  tooner440 | 11/16/03
Just stop using MS products  FilledOut | 11/16/03
but...  JoeMama_z | 11/16/03
Overlooked Comment In Story  TLX | 11/16/03
All software requires maintenence  JoeMama_z | 11/16/03
Additional Issues  Harry Bardal | 11/17/03
my responce.  JoeMama_z | 11/17/03
admins  lmaxwell | 11/16/03

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