Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways

Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways

Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways provide complete protection for Microsoft Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) services running on the Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system. It is designed to eliminate the infiltration of viruses into your environment as well as provide file and content filtering to control unwanted message traffic and proactively block viruses before they have been identified by virus labs.

Antigen for SMTP Gateways provides keyword message body filtering, mailhost filtering with real-time block list (RBL) integration, and enhanced file and content filtering that includes filter lists to help administrators manage large groups of filters.

Antigen for SMTP Gateways also supports the optional Antigen Spam Manager. This add-in module helps administrators minimize the number of spam e-mail messages that enter their messaging environments.

The Antigen Spam Manager enhances Antigen for SMTP Gateways content filtering by providing:

• Support for the Cloudmark anti-spam engine.

• Support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 anti-spam features.

• Identify: Tag Message options for suspected spam message tracking and identification.

• Keyword filter options.

• Junk Mail folders for Outlook users. 

Antigen for SMTP Gateways also integrates with the Antigen Enterprise Manager. The Antigen Enterprise Manager provides administrators with central installation and reporting functionality and central administration of Antigen for SMTP Gateways on all servers in their environment.

Also, feel free to refer to the Antigen User Guide which reflects more detailed info in it

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb914029.aspx


*** For Exchange 2007 & 2010 server Microsoft has upgraded Antigen to Microsoft ForeFront