How does Exchange protect me from viruses and spam?

The University takes virus protection very seriously. All e-mail entering the U-M system is scanned for viruses, and infected messages are rejected. The ITS Exchange Service also uses McAfee's GroupShield as additional anti-virus protection.

We use the anti-spam solution Brightmail to tag suspected spam. However, Exchange users must create a rule that will direct tagged mail into a folder of their choice. If your system administrator created your account, you are probably already set up.

To create your own rule:

• Setting Up Outlook/Exchange on a Windows Computer

• Setting Up Entourage/Exchange on a Macintosh

Brightmail does not need to be trained to filter spam.

For more information, please visit:

• How am I protected against viruses?

• How can I minimize spam?

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