TABLE OF CONTENTS By now our Exchange messaging environment should be in a state that we can call fairly secure, but to have an ideal setup, we still have a few important tasks to complete. One of these tasks is to set up a properly configured antispam system to protect our messaging environment against spam and other unsolicited e-mail messages.
Spam is an ever-growing problem that causes companies around the world to lose enormous amounts of money each year. Microsoft has included some new features in Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003 that will help us to combat spam.
The topics covered in this chapter are:
Client-Side Filtering
Server-Side Filtering
Intelligent Message Filter (IMF)
By the end of this chapter, you will have a thorough understanding of the built-in antispam features of Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003. You will also gain insight into Microsoft upcoming Exchange 2003 antispam IMF add-on.
As part of its trustworthy computing initiative, Microsoft promises to reduce spam. Outlook 2003 includes new and improved functionality that specifically addresses spam. The most notable of the new antispam features included in Outlook 2003 is definitely the new junk e-mail filter based on the Microsoft SmartScreen technology, which is also used with MSN and Hotmail. The new SmartScreen-based junk e-mail filter helps prevent spam and other unsolicited messages from reaching users, improving on earlier versions of Outlook. It also provides enhanced flexibility and control.
Because the new Outlook junk e-mail filter uses Microsoft s SmartScreen-based technology,...
