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Brightmail Anti-Spam for Exchange is a
common deployment for enterprises and is designed to support from hundreds
of users to hundreds
of thousands of users. If you are running Microsoft® Exchange you
have the flexibility of deploying Brightmail Anti-Spam in several different
ways. The two most common deployments include installing Brightmail
Anti-Spam:
1) Directly on a server running Exchange
Brightmail Anti-Spam filters messages as it reaches your Microsoft
Exchange server. It provides a tight integration with Exchange by
integrating with the Windows SMTP service - used by both Exchange
2000 and Exchange 2003. This configuration is very popular with smaller
organizations that run a single tier mail infrastructure.
2) As a Relay in front of a server running Exchange
Larger organizations typically like to deploy different mail services
(anti-spam, anti-virus, etc.) on separate machines to
ease management.
Frequently Asked Questions
What versions of Exchange do you support?
In a relay configuration Brightmail Anti-Spam supports Exchange 5.5,
Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003. In an integrated configuration,
Brightmail Anti-Spam supports Exchange
2000 and Exchange 2003.
Can I install Brightmail Anti-Spam onto a server running Exchange?
Yes, Brightmail Anti-Spam can be installed on your Exchange 2000 or
Exchange 2003 server without any modifications. It can also be installed
on your Exchange 5.5 server, if it is running on the Windows 2000
operating system; however, this requires a slight
modification to your server's
configuration.
What is the Brightmail Spam Folder Agent and how does it work?
Regardless of which deployment option you choose, one of the unique
features offered to Exchange users, is the optional Brightmail Spam
Folder Agent. This self-contained agent automatically creates and manages
a spam folder within Microsoft®Outlook for each Exchange
user. This relieves the system administrator from having to install
and manage client-side software for each employee, or end-users from
having to write their own client-side rules to folder spam.
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