Aloaha SPAM Rejector extends the functionality to the Exchange 2003 IMF Filter

While you are reading this  article you might think why I am writing about a quasi competing product. But it is not like that because as you know it Takes Two to Tango.  Exchange IMF and Aloaha are NOT competing Products. Exchange IMF might be a strong competetor to traditional “content sorter” products since it has shown that it is very efficient and successful on the market. From our perspective Microsoft IMF compliments Aloaha since both of them are  rejecting solutions rather than “mail mover”.

Even though IMF is a very powerful SPAM Filter recent incidents on the Exchange Antivirus market have shown that you cannot rely on just one Virus Filter. Since the threats of AntiSPAM nowadays might be even higher than the threats of Viruses it is about time that Mail Administrators start to consider to protect their server with multiple layer of SPAM Protection.

Another very important reason why rejecting SPAM Filters such as Aloaha Spam Rejector compliments excellently with Microsoft’s IMF is due to the way how such Spam Rejectors work. Rejecting makes only sense if you reject at the edge of your network. But do you really want to install Exchange unprotected at the edge of your network? We doubt it. Wise practice is to install a relaying SMTP in the DMZ and a Exchange in the internal network. As soon you protect your Exchange with another relaying SMTP you will realise that your “Badmail” suddenly gets flooded with SPAM emails, NDRs etc. Through this process  rejecting solutions can extend the great functionality of the IMF.

Aloaha works as a transparent SMTP Proxy. This means that it forwards every data from externally to internally and vice versa. The same happens with the rejecting command of the Exchange IMF of course. Aloaha SPAM Rejector allows you to use the Exchange 2003 IMF Filter to its full potential not only on the Perimeter. Furthermore if you protect your Exchange IMF with Aloaha  it does not matter anymore where in your network the Exchange Server is situated. 

So you see again it takes two to tango.

If you have further questions regarding this article please send an email to imf@aloaha.com