Re: Alot of SMTP

Exchange 2003 has the following tools for addressing spam:

sender filtering
recipient filtering based on user defined list
recipient filtering based on active directory
white lists
black lists (capable of referring to external black list providers)
Intelligent mail filter


"Jereme" <Jereme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:79219507-F24B-4312-BE85-20BEBD3FC5AE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am running IhateSpam For exchange. However I am looking for anything
> possabley a little better.
>
> What as some of the tool Exhcange has for dealing with none existent
> Domain
> users? Dose exhcange do this automaticaly?
>
> The SMTP Traffic increas has been in the last six months.
>
> "Kevin Longley" wrote:
>
>> Regarding the spam - are you using any sort of spam filtering software at
>> the exchange box? Note that Exchange has good deal more tools for
>> addressing
>> spam and for addressing incoming email to non existent domain users.
>>
>> If you delete mailboxes of users that are no longer at the company
>> (archive
>> contents 1st) then the mail will bounce back to the sender of course that
>> would preclude you being able to use the "Out Of Office" option to notify
>> the senders that the user is no longer employed at the company. I am not
>> a
>> fan of the "Out Of Office" notification because you could also be
>> replying
>> to incoming spam attempts.
>>
>> "Jereme" <Jereme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:82A016F3-4B12-47B2-A300-CA1E9D99BCF6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have a Exchange 2000 sp3 on a W2K sp4 that is getting alot of e-mail
>> > traffice. I think part of it is spam. However I have Packet anylizer
>> > that
>> > is
>> > reading some of the smtp traffice as incomplete. I see the server
>> > connecting
>> > but not sending any mail.
>> >
>> > Also I have users that have left the company, how do I have there mail
>> > bounce back to the sender? Where is it that from System Manager I can
>> > send
>> > a
>> > responce for a mailbox that they are no longer with the company with
>> > out
>> > going to outlook to do so?
>>
>>
>>


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