Several questions have come up in our support portal regarding automatic software rollout of ExchangeDefender SPAM Monitor we released earlier today.

The simplest way to roll out ExchangeDefender SPAM Monitor on a managed network is through Active Directory technology called IntelliMirror, standard in Windows XP, Windows Server 2000-2008 and Windows Vista. The following page describes the basics of the Windows Installer service that can be used to roll out the software package. The process of automatically rolling software out is a complex one and is beyond this article, please contact a trained professional if this is the route you choose. We hope you can understand that we cannot support you on the basics of network management from both legal and confidentiality aspects.

There are several ways to automatically configure the ExchangeDefender SPAM Monitor service for your users, as well as update the configuration from a central location. ExchangeDefender SPAM Monitor uses the following registry hive:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OWN\ED

There are three string keys: email, password and suspended. Suspended can be set to True or False, in order for the software to function completely the value should be set to False. Software can be automatically configured without users knowledge by including the .reg file with the cab files mentioned above and the appropriate values for the email and password keys.