SharePoint February Cumulative Update Available

Install WSS first then MOSS then run the SharePoint Configuration wizard.

WSS - KB961755

http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=961755&kbln=en-us

MOSS - KB96156

http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=961756&kbln=en-us

This SharePoint February cumulative update addresses many issues including the Email Enabled Lists problem in my previous post.

SharePoint Email Enabled Lists Unknown Alias

Try installing the hotfix or wait for the February Cumulative Update that includes this hotfix. Once it comes out I'm going to install it and will let everyone know whether the problem reoccurs after the update.

The entries for e-mail-enabled lists are being deleted from the EmailEnabledLists table in the configuration database. When this issue occurs, incoming e-mail messages for these lists are not delivered. Therefore, the e-mail messages are deleted, and errors are logged for "Unkown alias."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961750

Programmatically start SharePoint search crawl

Simple code sample on how to programmatically start a SharePoint search crawl through code. I haven't had a use for this yet but it's good to know that search crawls can be started easily.

http://weblogs.asp.net/vikram/archive/2009/02/27/starting-an-incremental-crawl-in-share-point-programmatically.aspx

Test Website with mulitple browsers without installing them

Check this site out for all your vitual browser needs. It does require that you download an executable but the exe isn't an install of the browser. It's just used to mimic the browser without installation. 

http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/

SharePoint Email Enabled Lists

The query below when run against the SharePoint content database(s) will display the email alias and the name of the associated list. Hopefully, from the list name you should know where it resides or you can at least search your SharePoint site for it. 

SELECT    tp_EmailAlias as EmailAlias,

tp_Title as ListTitle

FROM        AllLists

INNER JOIN  Webs ON AllLists.tp_WebId = Webs.Id

WHERE       tp_EmailAlias <> ''

Download Stimulus Plan

How can we expect our congressmen and Senators to pass this? What happened to capitalism and free markets, is the US economy in that bad of shape we need to become socialist. Download the House Stimulus Plan and see for yourself. 

http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_hr1_text.pdf

And if you are not a congressmen or Senator, you might have trouble figuring out what the hell this document is referring to half the time. It's very complicated and confusing. Here's a tidbit from it.

$1,200,000,000 for grants to the States for

19 youth activities, including summer jobs for youth

$1.2 Billion for youth activities and summer jobs. How about No! Youths can find their own summer jobs without having the government give them 1.2 Billion Dollars to do it. Nice work Obama. How about you give me a billion dollars for living in one of the worst states in the Nation in terms of unemployments. That would help me get a job, or wait I would just take the money and continue to not work. 

SharePoint Jobs

I ran across this site http://www.partnerpoint.com/ and thought it was interesting. It has a ton of .NET and SharePoint jobs listed in various US states.