2 big Exchange questions

[Gersen]

howdy all,

We are running an Exchange 5.5 server. If Exchange 2000 or later would make my problems easier to solve, feel free to tell me but upgrading at the moment is not an option.

My first question is message filtering. I have saved some spam and I can find up to 3 different addresses in it, a "from" address, a "reply to" address, and sometimes a 3rd address embedded in the headers. What address does message filtering use? I have had messages get through even though I had filters set to catch every possible domain I can find referenced in the message...

I do know that the proper format to catch an entire domain is @domain.com.

The second question regards the archived messages sitting in the Archive, In, or Out directories. The ones with the random alphanumeric gibberish as names. I know I can view them with Notepad to see the headers and such, but how can I view the message through Outlook? I guess my question is how can I deliver these archived messages to a chosen mailbox?

Thanks in advance

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[Gersen]

Let me add a third question: Is there a way I can import a list of domains to filter out, sort of like a hosts file for e-mail? And can I export my existing message filters from Exchange, so that I could import them elsewhere?

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[rdroske]

Forget about trying to filter mail with 5.5 or 2000 without a 3'rd party add on that does a revers dns lookup and compares it to a blacklist.

It doesn't matter what address you check.

I can send you an email that say it is from gbush@thewhitehouse.com or that it is from someone@yourdomain.com.

How would you filter that?

 

[Gersen]

That's what I'm asking. What data does Exch 5.5 use to filter on? Like you say, the "from" and "reply to" don't have to match each other or the actual address.

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[rdroske]

And thats what I am saying, it doesn't. You can refuse connections from specific IP addresses or domains but that is patently useless.