Dear Doctor,
We're a total i5/OS shop and run several different kinds of mail servers: Lotus Notes, CommuniGate Pro, and the native i5/OS SMTP server. Each server provides e-mail for a specific suborganization of our enterprise. Recently, we've had a strange problem that affects all three servers: Incoming mail messages occasionally get duplicated, or worse. I've seen up to six copies of the same message. I see no pattern in where the duped messages originate, and with three completely... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 06/01/2008 4:00 PM By Mel Beckman
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Dear Doctor,
Our VoIP system has two kinds of trunk connections to the local exchange carrier (LEC): an ISDN PRI T1 circuit with six channels for long distance and another four plain old telephone service (POTS) analog voice lines used for local calls. We're charged by the minute for both local and long distance on the ISDN PRI, while there are no per-minute charges on the POTS lines for local calls. The problem is that calls through the POTS lines suddenly have a terrible echo on them. The... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 06/01/2008 3:54 PM By Mel Beckman
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