TABLE OF CONTENTS The Exchange Product Group developed the Edge Transport server to give enterprises powerful out-of-the-box protection against spam without needing to go out and invest in a third-party solution. The messaging hygiene features in the Edge Transport server role are agent based and consists of multiple filters that are frequently updated.
Although the primary role of the Edge Transport server is to route mail and do message hygiene, it also includes features that will let you do other things, such as rewriting SMTP addresses, configuring transport rules, and enabling journaling and associated disclaimers.
After reading this chapter you will have learned what the Edge Transport server is all about; you will be aware of how an Edge Transport server is properly deployed as well as know how to configure most of the features available with this server role.
| Note | Exchange 2007 also includes a new feature called Domain Security, which provides a set of functionality that offers a low-cost alternative to S/MIME or other message-level security solutions. The purpose of the Domain Security feature set is to provide administrators a way to manage secured message paths over the Internet with business partners. Although without doubt this is an interesting topic for some readers, it s unfortunately beyond the scope of this book. |
