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Review Chapter 1 to understand the common reasons organizations plan and deploy the Exchange 2003 messaging system.
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Leverage the planning and design details in Chapters 4 and 5 of this book to prepare the business for an appropriate messaging system design and configuration.
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The
easiest
way to install the first Exchange 2003 server in a new environment is to follow the interactive installation process initiated by an autorun automatic load from the Exchange Server 2003 CD.
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For an organization that will be installing many Exchange servers and wants to ensure an identical build between servers, creating an unattended installation script can ensure that a common installation process is followed.
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After installing Exchange 2003, consider locking down services that may not be needed ”such as POP3, IMAP, and the like ”which can improve security on the Exchange server.
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Create additional Exchange databases when the database file
size
begins to reach 15 “20GB, to keep data backup, maintenance, and recovery to a more manageable level.
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Use system policies to minimize the effort it takes to manage servers individually when a single change in a
group
policy can automatically make changes on all servers
simultaneously
.
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Use a bridgehead server to minimize the traffic between site boundaries that can be better
served
by managed message transmission and routing.
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SMTP relaying should be enabled only when
absolutely
necessary, and when enabled should be properly locked down. This
prevents
spammers from gaining unauthorized access to relay spam messages.
