

Never resting on our laurels, we decided to include an Exchange Diagnostics Tool with SPAMfighter Exchange Module. As a result, keeping your Exchange Server updated should be an integral part of your Exchange Server and general e-mail security strategy. In August, Microsoft released an important and critical security update for Exchange Server 2013. Note that applying Microsoft Exchange updates is not only about bug fixes but also overall security of Exchange Server. That is, of course unless he or she signs up for a newsletter that brings such news, or accidentially stumbles upon an Exchange server-related blog or the Exchange Server homepage. Exchange Server updates are typically not seen by the Exchange or server administrator. If you are an experienced Exchange administrator you already know that these updates are very easy to miss. How often to you apply fix packs to your Exchange Server?įor Windows client PC’s, it is very important to apply Windows fix packs when they are released for Windows. The anti-spam settings in EOP are made of the following technologies: Connection filtering: Identifies good and bad email source servers early in the inbound email connection via the IP Allow List, IP Block List, and the safe list (a dynamic but non-editable list of trusted senders maintained by Microsoft).Let’s start with a question. What are the settings for anti spam in EOP? In addition to RBL, you can manually block specific sender email addresses and domain in Exchange. The RBL lists are quite effective to protect from unwanted email (spam), but in the most cases they have to be used in conjunction with other anti-spam methods to provide the robust anti-spam protection. Is there a way to block spam on exchange? For more information, see Anti-spam protection in EOP. In Microsoft 365 organizations with mailboxes in Exchange Online, organizational anti-spam settings are controlled by Exchange Online Protection (EOP).

Are there any anti spam settings in Microsoft 365? For more information, see Enable antispam functionality on Mailbox servers. Typically, you only enable the antispam features on a Mailbox server if your Exchange organization doesn't do any prior antispam filtering before accepting incoming messages.
