MSExchange.org - Monthly Article Update Hi ExchangeList, New articles added to MSExchange.org last month: Title: Using the SMTP Connector Internally Author: Amit Zinman Summary: Although all of us Exchange administrators would like to have Exchange as the sole mail server, sometimes more SMTP mailers exist. The following article explains how to configure Exchange to relay mail for these systems. Link: http://www.MSExchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=605 Title: Using Mail Relays to Enhance Exchange Security Author: Amit Zinman Summary: Virus, Trojan and denial of service attacks are quite common these days and Exchange is a popular target for these attacks due its popularity and inherent vulnerabilities. Mail relays can be used to thwart most attacks. I'm constantly discovering that although the concept of mail relays is not new they can be used against the latest sophisticated attacks, just long as they're not the weakest link in the chain of e-mail delivery. Link: http://www.MSExchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=604 Title: Bill Gates announces Intelligent Message (anti spam) filter for Exchange 2003 Author: Admin Summary: Bill Gates announces Intelligent Message (anti spam) filter for Exchange 2003 SA customers. The anti spam filter will be heuristics based and should be available for download in a few months time for Exchange 2003 users with a Service Agreement. Link: http://www.MSExchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=603 Title: SMTP Event Sinks - A window into Exchange integration (Part 1). Author: Alex Zammit Summary: If you installed Exchange integrated applications such as anti-virus, anti-spam, or custom disclaimers there is a good chance that you installed an SMTP event sink. As from IIS5 and Exchange2000 event sinks played a key role in a wide variety of applications. IIS6 and Exchange 2003 kept the same interfaces re-enforcing this trend. You may read these articles for a better understanding of event sinks and common troubleshooting techniques. Link: http://www.MSExchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=602 Title: Customizing OWA 2000 Using Segmentation. Author: Lee Derbyshire Summary: With Exchange 2000 SP2 Microsoft added a feature, known as segmentation, that allows you to quite easily make some rather major changes to the appearance and functionality of OWA. Link: http://www.MSExchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=601 Title: Improvements in Exchange 2003 Author: Jakub Synoradzki Summary: Not everyone has managed to migrate to Exchange 2000 yet, while others choose to ignore it completely, and continue using Exchange 5.5. Meanwhile, Microsoft has introduced a new upgrade ? the 2003. This is related to the appearance of a new MS Windows 2003 version, the operating system to provide a really good tandem with Exchange 2003. As we will see further on, when using Exchange 2003 without combining it with Windows 2003, it loses most of its functionality. Link: http://www.MSExchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=597 Title: GFI MailEssentials chosen MSExchange.org Readers? Choice Award Winner - Anti Spam for Exchange Category Author: Admin Summary: Leading Microsoft Exchange Server resource site, MSExchange.org, announced today that GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP was named the winner in the Anti-Spam category of the MSExchange.org Readers? Choice Awards. Link: http://www.MSExchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=600 Visit the Subscription Management (http://newsletter.isoftmarketing.com/) section to unsubscribe. MSExchange.org is in no way affiliated with Microsoft Corp. For sponsorship information, contact us at advertising@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright © MSExchange.org 2003. All rights reserved.