15 07, 2009

Business benefits from monitoring and reporting on Internet, email and network log files

By | 2009-07-15T04:21:42+00:00 July 15th, 2009|Articles, Email Analysis, Firewall Analysis, Log File Analysis, Sales and Marketing, Uncategorized, Web Browsing Analysis, Windows Event Logs|0 Comments

In previous blogs I have covered why internet access is so important in the workplace, why blocking and filtering should be minimized, and why monitoring is preferred. Today I thought I’d focus on the specific benefits of monitoring and reporting on log files. To some it might be obvious, but plenty of search queries used [...]

11 03, 2009

Counting Emails with Microsoft Exchange 2007 Tracking Logs

By | 2009-03-11T05:45:01+00:00 March 11th, 2009|Email Analysis, How To, Log File Analysis, Microsoft Exchange, Uncategorized, Vantage, WebSpy|0 Comments

Today I've been poking at Microsoft Exchange 2007 tracking logs, asking them the very simple question of 'How many emails have I sent?'. Unforunately, Exchange 2007 tracking logs are not used to simple questions, and are likely to return a complicated and / or misleading answer. But the confusion it seems, all comes down to definitions. Once you understand these definintions, things start to make a bit more sense.