Harry
Thu Nov 08 07:18:15 PST 2007
Mark
Please forgive me for butting in. You say:-
>> There are too many people of all levels who, like you, interpret the official documentation as requiring an Edge.
This is not so surpising! IMO, the MS documentation on this is awful - the
usual HTML-link-filled file nonsense, where no one subject is treated in its
entirety as it relates to that subject, but is instead full of hyperlinks to
elsewhere which take you on a confusing and badly-structured, circuitous
route to where you didn't want to go.
>> The Edge server is ALWAYS optional. It is NEVER a mandatory server under ANY circumstances.
Are you sure? Well, I'm sure you are, but the following suggests that it's
not at all clear-cut.
I've come to this ng looking for guidance and info on setting up Anti-Spam
on an ExchServ2007 box, because I'm mightily confused. Take the following
link:-
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124897.aspx
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Configuring and Managing Spam Quarantine
Configuring Spam Quarantine
To configure spam quarantine, you must follow these steps:
1. ENABLE CONTENT FILTERING (my caps).
2. Create a spam quarantine mailbox.
3. Specify the spam quarantine mailbox.
4. Set the SCL quarantine threshold.
5. Manage the spam quarantine mailbox.
6. Adjust the SCL quarantine threshold as needed.
Important:
Configuration changes that you make to the Content Filter agent by using the
Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell are made only
to the local computer that has the Edge Transport server role installed.
For more information, see HPOW TO ENABLE OR DISABLE CONTENT FILTERING.
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Click on that link, and you go here:-
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995953.aspx
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How to Enable or Disable Content Filtering
This topic explains how to enable or disable content filtering
functionality. By default, in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, content
filtering is enabled on the Edge Transport server only for inbound,
unauthenticated messages from the Internet??.
Before You Begin
To perform the following procedures on a computer that has the Edge
Transport server role installed??.
To use the Exchange Management Console to enable or disable content
filtering functionality
1. Open the Exchange Management Console on the Edge Transport server.
2. In the console tree, click Edge Transport.
3. In the work pane, click the Anti-spam tab, and then select Content
Filtering.
4. In the action pane, click Enable or Disable as appropriate.
and so on.
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ALL of this suggests that in order to be able to use Anti-Spam filtering
under Exchange Server 2007, you have to have an Edge server on which to do
it. Nowhere does it seem to discuss doing this on anything else.
I've been trying to configure mine, and can find no instructions on enabling
Content Filtering that do not relate to an Edge server.
Can this be done on a Hub and Mailbox server?
H
"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote:
>The Edge server is ALWAYS optional. It is NEVER a mandatory server
>under ANY circumstances.