Re: Exhcange SERVER 2003- and SPAM   

How do i find out what version of IMF filter i have installed?

"Bharat Suneja [MVP]" wrote:

> - IMF v2 has a Custom Weighting feature that allows you to check for 
> keywords and increase/decrease SCL based on those. It uses an xml file for 
> configuration. Check SP2 release notes for the syntax.
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/b/5/fb5c54af-fe5c-48e9-be97-f9e8207325ab/Ex_2003_SP2_RelNotes.htm
> 
> Also make sure the xml is saved in the correct format.
>  Troubleshooting IMF: Important performance counter
> http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2006/02/troubleshooting-imf-important_12.html
> 
> - As Lanwench said, that's not necessarily the best approach, but imo that's 
> necessary at times to accomplish the desired results (as also 
> whitelisting/blacklisting of email addresses and domains) when the automated 
> filtering doesn't seem to be doing its job.
> 
> -- 
> Bharat Suneja
> MVP - Exchange
> www.zenprise.com
> NEW blog location:
> exchangepedia.com/blog
> ----------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" 
>  wrote in message 
> news:ubSav68HIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > LMI  wrote:
> >> Mark i have the IMF in place....I haven;t updated it in a while do
> >> you think that would help? If so can you send me the link to the
> >> updates. The thing its not filtering are the bad words "Penis" and
> >> stuff like that. How can i stop those e-mails from coming over?
> >
> > Hmmm. Bad word? Depends entirely on the context. For example, if you were 
> > running a urologist's network, I bet they'd be annoyed if the IMF blocked 
> > all mail containing that word. Simple keyword blocking is probably the 
> > most primitive method of spam prevention there is, and it's a poor one - 
> > avoid it.
> >
> > http://www.petri.co.il/installing_imf_with_exchange_2003_sp2.htm may help 
> > you - but if you find this is not doing what you need, consider 
> > outsourcing your spam filtering to another company  - check out 
> > www.mailfoundry.com for my personal favorite these days.
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 05:12:01 -0800, LMI
> >>>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I have the latest updated Exchange 2003 currently running on my
> >>>> Server, Over the last coupleof month (or years) we have been
> >>>> experiencing lots of spam and very bad explicite e-mails. Is there
> >>>> anything currently built into Exchange that would stop these
> >>>> e-mails at the door. I want to first investigate the current
> >>>> solution and if not then go out and buy somthing.
> >>>
> >>> http://technet.microsoft.com/exchange/bb288484.aspx is the link to
> >>> the Intelligent Message Filter. It's not going to block everything
> >>> but it's a perfectly acceptable place to start.
> >
> >
> > 
> 
>

date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 04:28:01 -0800   author:   LMI

Re: Exhcange SERVER 2003- and SPAM   

- If you are on an Exchange Server 2003 version earlier than SP2 and have 
IMF, it's the standalone IMF (v1).
- Exchange Server 2003 SP2 has IMF v2 built-in - check the MSCFV2 folder in 
\Exchsrvr\bin directory (with the potential in some cases of IMF v1 not 
being uninstalled... ).
- If you're on Exchange Server 2007, it has the Content Filter agent (IMF 
"v3").

-- 
Bharat Suneja
MVP - Exchange
www.zenprise.com
NEW blog location:
exchangepedia.com/blog
----------------------------------------------


"LMI"  wrote in message 
news:C4E810FE-D68C-41C5-8443-FA097553C8BA@microsoft.com...
> How do i find out what version of IMF filter i have installed?
>
> "Bharat Suneja [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> - IMF v2 has a Custom Weighting feature that allows you to check for
>> keywords and increase/decrease SCL based on those. It uses an xml file 
>> for
>> configuration. Check SP2 release notes for the syntax.
>> http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/b/5/fb5c54af-fe5c-48e9-be97-f9e8207325ab/Ex_2003_SP2_RelNotes.htm
>>
>> Also make sure the xml is saved in the correct format.
>>  Troubleshooting IMF: Important performance counter
>> http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2006/02/troubleshooting-imf-important_12.html
>>
>> - As Lanwench said, that's not necessarily the best approach, but imo 
>> that's
>> necessary at times to accomplish the desired results (as also
>> whitelisting/blacklisting of email addresses and domains) when the 
>> automated
>> filtering doesn't seem to be doing its job.
>>
>> -- 
>> Bharat Suneja
>> MVP - Exchange
>> www.zenprise.com
>> NEW blog location:
>> exchangepedia.com/blog
>> ----------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>  wrote in 
>> message
>> news:ubSav68HIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> > LMI  wrote:
>> >> Mark i have the IMF in place....I haven;t updated it in a while do
>> >> you think that would help? If so can you send me the link to the
>> >> updates. The thing its not filtering are the bad words "Penis" and
>> >> stuff like that. How can i stop those e-mails from coming over?
>> >
>> > Hmmm. Bad word? Depends entirely on the context. For example, if you 
>> > were
>> > running a urologist's network, I bet they'd be annoyed if the IMF 
>> > blocked
>> > all mail containing that word. Simple keyword blocking is probably the
>> > most primitive method of spam prevention there is, and it's a poor 
>> > one -
>> > avoid it.
>> >
>> > http://www.petri.co.il/installing_imf_with_exchange_2003_sp2.htm may 
>> > help
>> > you - but if you find this is not doing what you need, consider
>> > outsourcing your spam filtering to another company  - check out
>> > www.mailfoundry.com for my personal favorite these days.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 05:12:01 -0800, LMI
>> >>>  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I have the latest updated Exchange 2003 currently running on my
>> >>>> Server, Over the last coupleof month (or years) we have been
>> >>>> experiencing lots of spam and very bad explicite e-mails. Is there
>> >>>> anything currently built into Exchange that would stop these
>> >>>> e-mails at the door. I want to first investigate the current
>> >>>> solution and if not then go out and buy somthing.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://technet.microsoft.com/exchange/bb288484.aspx is the link to
>> >>> the Intelligent Message Filter. It's not going to block everything
>> >>> but it's a perfectly acceptable place to start.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>

date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:06:00 -0800   author:   Bharat Suneja [MVP]