Eliminating spam coming through exchange server 2003

Your question:

Lately a lot of people are getting spam.
I am using windows 2003 exchange server and the amount of spam getting through is becoming rediculous!

Are there any add-on's I can add to the exchange server to try and control this?

The answer/solution:

there is a service pack for exchange server 2003, it comes with a free and fairly versatile spam filter. To configure it:

go to exchange system manager and follow these steps

-expand global settings

-go properties of message delivery

-select intelligent message filtering (if this is missing, you don't have sp2 installed)

-the lower you set the SCL rating, the more messages get blocked or moved to junk mail folders.

download sp2 here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/downloads/2003/sp2/download.mspx

recommended scl rating setting: global filter to 7, junk mail filter to 4

added by Jos on: 25-04-2007

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