Tuning Exchange 2003 IMF with IMF Tune

After installing IMF Tune, which includes a 30 days license follow the steps below to configure and learn more about the product.

Changing some basic settings in IMF Tune

1. Launch IMF Tune, under the "WinDeveloper IMF Tune" program group by default
2. The default filtering thresholds are imported from the Exchange IMF Settings, as shown in the picture below messages with a SCL level of 7 or higher will be deleted.
   

•  The Exchange server in question above had the gateway threshold set to 7 and the Store Junk E-mail threshold set to 5.

3. Change it so all message with a SCL from 5-6 have the SCL insert into the subject

a.       Edit the SCL level between the allowed levels, 6 in the example above

b.      On the Email Handling tab change the 1^st SCL to 5

c.       Click "Insert SCL/Custom Tag in email subject"

d.      Click Tag Format...

                                i.            Change "(SCL:" to "(POSSIABLE SPAM:", or choose a setting of your choice

• Its good idea to use a prefix so users can sort by the SCL assigned to messages.

                              ii.            Click OK

e.       Click "Insert SCL in email header" (Optional)

f.       Confirm the options selected:

g.       Click OK

4. Set the archive folder on all blocked messages

a.       Edit the SCL levels that block messages, 7 – 9 in the example above

b.      Click the Archiving section to the left

c.       Click "Enabled arching to disk"

d.      I would also suggest changing the default directory to be the same as the one used by IMF, if it was configured to archive message, or to a known directory

e.       Confirm the other options are configured as shown

Tuning Exchange 2003 IMF with IMF Tune