Filtering Exchnage 5.5

[emccue]

All:
Hello. I having a problem with junk mail on my exchange server version 5.5. I know that with exchange 2000 you can set up filters can this be done on exchange 5.5 as well? If so please let me know.

Thanks in advance
Erick

 

[brontosaurus]

you can block domains and specific addresses. anything else is 3rd party.

 

[emccue]

Awesome how do I do this?

 

[brontosaurus]

On the IMS, go to the Connections tab, then the Message Filtering button. You can add exact mail entries, or domains in the form of:

@domain.com

 

[emccue]

Thank you very much

Erick

 

[Toad21]

Yes, that is very usefull information. Also, is there any free 3rd party spam blocking software?

 

[xix]

bronto,
in the exchange 5.5, in the IMS connection tab, i dont find the filtering button. Where can i set the filtering?

Thanks

 

[brontosaurus]

what service pack are you at?

 

[xix]

nt4 exchange 5.5 service pack 6

 

[brontosaurus]

sorry, what exchange service pack, not NT...

 

[Hungster]

it is Under connections and there is a button near bottom on the centre says "Mesaage Filtering..."
you need to restart the services before it work

 

[xix]

Sorry bronto,
I still dont have a sertvice pack installed. i have it right now and i will be installing it. Exchange service pack 3, is that okey? Will i able to see the message filtering in the connection tab? Any advice before i will install it?

Thanks

 

[brontosaurus]

I believe SP3 will give you the functionality, but why not download SP4 from MS site?
Advice, make sure your backups are good....

 

[xix]

Thanks Bronto, that was a very good advice.
Cheers..

 

[N0ktar]

To avoid a totaly manual input just paste the filter domain BlockList, run your registry editor and open the following key for editing: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/MSExchangeIMC/Parameters/TurfTable
Then just paste your list. remember the format @domain.com

 

[kwgm]

Anyone still here on this thread?

I'd like a tool similar to Vamsoft Ltd. Open Relay Filter for Exchange 5.5.

How this works is it disallows any mail from a Blacklisted IP.

Anyone aware of a tool out there which does this?