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Open Relay Database ORDB.org shuts down
After five and a half years, the non-profit organization ORDB is shutting down its DNS service (a Realtime Block List of open relays) and mailing…
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Exchange Server 2007: How are RBLs performing?
Exchange Server 2007 includes a script that reports on how Realtime Block Lists (RBLs) perform – it provides the number of messages blocked. The script…
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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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Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) v1 download removed from microsoft.com
A newsgroup poster recently informed that Microsoft has removed Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) v1 download from the IMF downloads page. IMF v1 was a separate…
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Microsoft opens up SenderID
Microsoft announced today it’s putting its SenderID technology under its Open Specification Promise program. This allows anyone to create products or services using SenderID technology.…
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Install anti-spam agents on Hub Transport server
If you’re using Exchange Server 2007 in a topology with an Edge Transport server, the anti-spam agents – Connection Filtering, Content Filter Hub Transport node…
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Spamhaus, the E360Insight lawsuit and the future of RBLs
If you’ve been keeping track of spam issues and RBLs, you probably took notice of the recent order by an Illinois court against leading RBL…
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IMF: Gateway thresholds per server
So far we’ve known that Exchange Server 2003’s content filter – the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF), uses Gateway and Store thresholds and (Gateway) action that…