By default, SPF-failed emails will still get delivered in Microsoft 365. To its credit, they do most likely end up in the Junks folder. I understand the reason behind it because even in 2023, there are still many mail servers that aren’t configured correctly. But the fact that an SPF-failed email passes through still bothers me. To stop it, you […]
Deploying the uBlock Origin extension for Edge via GPO is very easy and straightforward. Follow this guide you will be done within minutes. However, managing it such as updating its Trusted Sites list so the extension doesn’t block anything won’t be that easy though. There are no settings out of the box designed for it. Many suggested registry keys and […]
If you are in an AD environment, checking out the logon activities on certain users can be done through the Security log on the domain controller. However, reading through these log entries can be time-consuming. The workaround is to retrieve the logon activities right from the desktop computer if you know which computer to look to. It’s actually way easier. […]
Read receipts have been around for ages in Outlook with Exchange. It’s never reliable and annoying, and I thought it only seemed to work internally. However, that must have been changed lately, since I’ve seen read receipts sent out without a person’s knowledge. I even had a user coming to me asking why she kept getting this person’s out-of-office message […]
Distribution groups are meant to be distributing messages to their members. But for whatever reason, if you don’t want anyone but only certain people to be able to send emails to those groups, here is something to try. For regular Microsoft 365 groups, you can go to the Exchange dashboard, open the group, switch to the Settings tab and click […]
When someone leaves the company with a bunch of data left behind in their OneDrive account, the easiest way to access this data without going through the whole sharing exercise is probably to grant others administrator rights to this OneDrive account. Heading over to the SharePoint admin center and signing in with a Global Admin account. Click the More features […]
If you need to deploy an Edge extension within an AD-powered network, you definitely want to do it via Group Policy to automate the process. But before you go ahead and do that, you will have to download and install the Microsoft Edge administrative template to your AD first. First, download the policy template files here. There are two files […]
I use a self-host Spiceworks Helpdesk Server daily to manage all my support tickets. Email plays a big role to automates most of the steps during the process, from automatically generating tickets to sending notifications to support staff, to replying to a ticket with comments and commands that categorize, assign, or close the tickets. And that’s why it’s a big […]