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How d By Bob Lewis Feb 16, 2005 2 mins Technology Industry NeDi: Cutting to the chase Cisco's CiscoWorks management suite is be a great tool for those that can afford it. For the rest of us, however, it's overpriced and overcomplicated for day-to-day administration tasks. There isn't really a lower-level tool provided By Paul Venezia Feb 15, 2005 3 mins Escaping from the career trenches Dear Bob … I read Advice Line all the time and I've come to think of you as the "Dr. Phil" for IT folks. I could really use some insight and HELP. I'm closing in on 10 years here where I work By Bob Lewis Feb 14, 2005 6 mins Technology Industry Better Living Through Greylisting I am in the unfortunate situation of owning and using a decade-old domain that's only three letters long. As far as spammers go, this seems to be ideal territory. 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