Outlook 11 and Junk E-mail Filter update - is it necessary when front end anti-spam solution in plac

[ed]

Hi,

Can someone explain why it is necessary or recommended to install the Junk
E-mail Filter update for clients if there is already a front end
anti-spam/filtering solution in place? We have not intention of turning on
the junk e-mail settings.

Another way to ask the question is, is there any drawbacks down the road
with updates, etc. if it is NOT installed by default.

Thanks in advance,

Ed C

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If you are not planning to use Outlook's client-side junk mail filtering,
you don't need the update.

But, think about it -- is your server-side filter really 100% effective?

 

[ed]

Hi Sue,

Thanks for the quick answer. You are right in asking the ? about the
server-side filtering. You need to understand the full context to make that
determination which I did not expand on in the e-mail.

FYI if interested - we have deployed an external anti-spam solution which we
have found effective as a single solution to deal with junk e-mail.
Therefore it is felt better not to confuse the end user with 2 different
methods to check for "quarantined" messages, thereby avioding additional end
user education and IT resource support. We're deploying the KISS principle
here.

Regards,

Ed C