Actually, ICF is "tweakable" and I personally find it to be less intrusive and more reliable than Zone Alarm. The problem in this case for either of them is allowing inbound connections to Outlook via RPC. Jim Harrison MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison http://isatools.org Read the help, books and articles! ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tolmachoff" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 08:38 Subject: [isalist] Re: VPN and XP $5 Question - a little off topic? http://www.ISAserver.org > With the ICF in place, the Exch server can't contact Outlook to announce new > messages. > It's a worthwhile nuisance, IMHO. I agree Jim. The XP firewall is on or off. No tweaking available. My suggestion is to turn it off and use something else like Zone Alarm that can be configured. John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA IT Manager, Network Engineer RelianceSoft, Inc. Fullerton, CA 92835 www.reliancesoft.com ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org/ Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')