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IMF: Updates not showing up in Add/Remove Programs?
Some users report that recent updates to Microsoft’s Intelligent Message Filter (for Exchange Server 2003) do not show up in Add/Remove Programs in Windows. Double-checking…
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Applying Mailbox Manager policies to a sub-folder
When you create a Recipient Policy to apply Mailbox Manager settings [for reference, read KBA 319188 “How to use recipient policies to control mailboxes in…
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IMF: Updates live again
This just came in from Scott Roberts – IMF updates are live again. The latest update is dated Jan 11, 2007, version 6.5.7891.0. Given the…
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IMF: Updates stopped in December, to resume on Jan. 17th
A lot of users wondered why there were no updates to Microsoft’s Intelligent Messages Filter (IMF) in recent weeks. Many Exchange administrators wondered if it…
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SMTP Virtual Servers: Some irksome defaults you should change
The SMTP stack provided by IIS’ SMTP svc in Exchange Server 2003/2000 changes significantly when Exchange is installed on a Windows server. Some ESMTP extensions…
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Conflicting Mailbox Store Policies
I spent some time (ok, I’ll admit – more than “some time”… ) writing a script to get user mailbox storage limits/quotas [an improvement on…
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IMF: How to customize NDR message
Do you have IMF setup to reject messages at the gateway? If yes, you can customize the NDR message senders get. Exchange MVP and author…
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IMF: Where’s the whitelist?
Another frequently asked question – asked frequently enough to make its way here. Does the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) v1/v2 in Exchange 2003 provide any…
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Update: Manually removing IMF v1
Scott Schnoll has an update regarding the recent post Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) v1 download removed from microsoft.com, and the issue of not being able…
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HOW TO: Prevent sending display names with internet messages
Exchange Server and many other MTAs including most web-based services send the sender’s display name (e.g. “Joe User”) in email messages, in addition to the…