SUMMARY: Due to increases in the size of antivirus definitions over time, we suggest that Antigen and Forefront Server customers increase the timeout value for downloading these updates. While the current default value of 5 minutes has worked well...

As you might guess, DNSBL stands for DNS Blocklist. While it’s not a new technology, the usefulness of various DNS/RBL blocklists in fighting spam is indisputably immense. Over the years I’ve heard both the success stories from folks who implemented RBLs...

Hey folks- On October 26th we posted an article here to remind Antigen users about the end-of-life date for Antigen 8 for Exchange and SMTP Gateways and provide guidance for migrating to Antigen 9. The article said the end-of-life date is December...

Hi, my name is Scott, and I'm a technical writer in the Forefront Server Security (FSS) User Assistance (UA) group here on Long Island, New York. Every few months or so, we update our existing “legacy” documentation on our TechNet Web site, and this post...

With the variety of Forefront configuration options available, often our users have questions about how our products work together to form a comprehensive server protection solution. Microsoft’s Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server engineers...