August 2006

Telling Exchange about (non-Exchange) SMTP servers

For anti-spam agents like IP Block List providers (aka DNSBLs/RBLs), and Sender ID, it is important to know about which non-Exchange SMTP servers receive inbound internet mail. This allows it to ignore the SMTP servers that belong to your organization when parsing headers (in topologies where the Edge server – or the Hub Transport server […]

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Windows Vista: From unusable to desirable!

Paul Thurrott over at Windows IT Pro mag is gung ho about Windows Vista now. Amazingly, his stand has changed from (frequently and highly) critical to almost a Vista fan within a few builds. Self-admittedly so. Here’s what he had to say about build 5536 in Windows IT Pro newsletter today. I can say this. […]

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Exchange Server 2007 exposes SCL in message headers

Exchange Server 2003’s Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) assigns a SCL— a value that indicates the probability of a message being spam – to every message it scans. SCL is assigned based on factors such as message content, headers, and IP addresses. By default, Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook do not expose this SCL value assigned […]

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Turning on Recipient Validation in Exchange Server 2007

The Edge Transport server role in Exchange Server 2007 performs messaging hygiene functions such as Connection Filtering, Sender & Recipient Filtering, Content Filtering, and SenderID Filtering. (You can also install antispam agents on the Hub Transport server role— for topologies without an Edge server. See ‘HOW TO: Install anti-spam agents on Hub Transport server‘.) In […]

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Ready to be an Exchange Ninja?

Microsoft finally did something I’ve been wanting and planning to do (but never quite getting to it) – yes, Exchange Server 2007 now has a wiki! And luckily in this case I’m pleased with what they’re calling it – ExchangeNinjas.com! If you aren’t familiar with wikis, these are web sites that allow collaborative publishing – […]

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