I’ve written some more articles recently at AllSpammedUp.com. One of the interesting things about writing these articles is that is has forced me to take a deeper look at Exchange Server 2007 antispam features and consider their effectiveness. My view at the moment is that with the right attention and configuration Exchange Server 2007 can […]
With the right configuration and ongoing tuning the built in Exchange Server 2007 anti-spam features can be effective in many environments. One thing I’m not a fan of though is the quarantine feature. You can read more about it in my latest post to AllSpammedUp.com here. Link: Managing spam quarantine for Exchange Server 2007
Over at AllSpammedUp.com I’ve written an article on the Exchange 2007 Connection Filter agent, and I walk through the steps to configure it to use SpamHaus as an IP Block list provider. A correctly configured Connection Filter agent saves the Exchange administrator a lot of time by avoiding the need to manually maintain a large […]
A corrupt Sender Reputation database may cause Exchange Server 2007 Transport service to stop.
Here is the anti-spam configuration on an Exchange Server 2007 RTM server: [PS] C:\>Get-AntispamUpdates UpdateMode : Automatic LatestContentFilterVersion : 3.3.4604.600 SpamSignatureUpdatesEnabled : True LatestSpamSignatureVersion : 3.3.4604.600 IPReputationUpdatesEnabled : True LatestIPReputationVersion : 3.3.4604.001 MicrosoftUpdate : NotConfigured And here is the same Exchange Server 2007 server immediately after upgrading to Service Pack 1: [PS] C:\>Get-AntispamUpdates UpdateMode : […]
Last week I wrote a post on what is missing from Exchange Server 2007 Anti-Spam. A short time afterwards Evan Dodds wrote back to me with an answer to the issue. One could write a simple script to check what updates are available on MU in certain categories, etc. Sample VB script code is available […]
I’ve been searching all over the Microsoft website for a KB article, Technet article, or any other page that will list the current version of the various Exchange Server 2007 anti-spam signature releases. I realise that in any given day these can update dozens of times, but it is still a bit frustrating not having […]