Overview

MailMarshal Exchange acts as a plug-in to Microsoft Exchange Server, applying full content inspection and policy enforcement to all email flowing through Exchange. This ensures that all messages passing between mailboxes, or Exchange servers in remote offices, is legitimate and complies with organizational policies.

What's New

What's New:

• Support for Microsoft Exchange 2010 - addresses demand from users and prospects for an internal email solution that supports Microsoft Exchange 2010
• Easily scalable - enables limitless scalability with new array/node architecture that also supports Microsoft's high-availability architecture
• Centralized management and reporting - new array/node architecture also enables robust, unified, company-wide reporting, and centralized policy management for enterprise environments
• Updated content inspection engine - provides additional policy options and a new set of management tools, including a web-based end-user quarantine manager

Features

Benefits

• Simplifies regulatory and AUP compliance
• Prevents data loss
• Enterprise-friendly with central policy management and reporting
• Lowers total cost of ownership
• Improves network efficiency and employee productivity

Features

• Content monitoring and filtering with deep content inspection of all email, including within attachments
• Limitless scalability
• Centralized management and reporting
• Supports Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010
• Supports Microsoft's high-availability architecture
• Lexical dictionaries, file identification and fingerprinting technologies
• Precise message classification and advanced message searching capabilities
• Analyzes images in email and attachments to identify and block pornography
• Provides malware protection with anti-spyware and anti-virus scanning between mailboxes and Exchange servers

Technical

Technical

MailMarshal Exchange uses an Agent which plugs into the Exchange Server message queue. The MailMarshal Exchange Agent retrieves messages from the Exchange queue before they reach the Exchange message store. These messages are then processed by the MailMarshal Exchange Engine which applies deep content inspection and enforces your policies. Messages that breach policy are then removed from the processing queue and are typically placed into the MailMarshal Quarantine folder. Messages which pass inspection are reinserted into the Exchange Message queue.

Technical Data Specs

MailMarshal Exchange Operation

MailMarshal Exchange 5.2 supports Exchange Server 2000 and Exchange Server 2003. MailMarshal Exchange 5.3 supports Ex

change Server 2007. The specific architecture for MailMarshal Exchange integration differs slightly between Exchange 2000/2003 and Exchange 2007.

MailMarshal Exchange has a small impact on overall Exchange message throughput. The impact on Exchange depends on your environment and message volume. As a typical guide, expect a 15% increase in message processing time.

Requirements

MailMarshal Exchange Console/Configurator/Reports (5.2)
MailMarshal Exchange 5.2

• Processor: Pentium 4 class or higher
• Disk Space: 10GB HDD (NTFS) or higher
• Memory: 512MB RAM or higher
• Database: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or SQL Express 2005
• Operating System: Windows Server 2003 / Windows XP Pro SP1+ (32-bit)

MailMarshal Exchange Console/Configurator/Reports (5.3)
MailMarshal Exchange 5.3

• Processor: Pentium 4 class or higher
• Disk Space: 10GB HDD (NTFS) or higher
• Memory: 512MB RAM or higher
• Database: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or SQL Express 2005
• Operating System: Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) OR Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit) OR Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) OR Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)

MailMarshal Exchange Monitoring Agent
MailMarshal Exchange 5.2

• Microsoft Exchange: Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 / 2003
• Operating System: Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)

MailMarshal Exchange 5.3

• Microsoft Exchange: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
• Operating System: Windows Server 2008 64-bit (MailMarshal Exchange 5.3.0 or later) Windows Server 2003 64-bit) (MailMarshal Exchange 5.3.1 or later)

Hardware and Software Requirements
Software

M86 MailMarshal ECM is supported in the following environments:

• Email processing nodes:
  • 64 bit OS only
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, SBS 2008 SP2
  • Exchange Server 2007 SP2 or SP3; Exchange Server 2010 SP1
  • Active Directory
  • Hub Transport Role
  • 8.3 file name creation must be enabled

• Array Manager:
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, SBS 2008 SP2
  • 64 bit OS preferred (required for single-server installation)
• Console and Configurator:
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, SBS 2008 SP2
  • Windows XP Professional SP3 (32 bits only)
  • Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 RTM or SP1
  • 64 bit OS preferred
• Web Components:
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, SBS 2008 SP2
  • 64 bit OS preferred
  • .NET Framework 4
• SQL Server:
  • SQL Server 2005 SP3, SQL Server 2005 R2
  • SQL Server 2008 SP1, SQL Server 2008 R2

M86 MailMarshal ECM is a 32-bit application.

Note: You cannot install the M86 MailMarshal ECM web components on Windows 2003 (IIS 6) together with Exchange 2007 Client Access Role (Outlook Web Access). Microsoft does not support side-by-side installation of 32- and 64-bit web applications to Windows 2003. If the M86 MailMarshal ECM website is required in this scenario, install it on another server.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mail Marshal Email Content Manager (ECM) a new product? The name doesn't sound familiar.

This is v7 of what was formerly called M86 MailMarshal Exchange. We changed the name to be more representative of the value and functionality of the product (i.e. it addresses content management) instead of highlighting a feature (i.e. it runs on MS Exchange).

Why are we releasing this update?

In response to customer/prospect input that the product should work with MS Exchange 2010. We have also had several requests for enterprise-friendly features such as easy scalability and centralized management and reporting.

What are the main benefits of M86 MailMarshal ECM?

The main benefit of M86 MailMarshal ECM is the ability to have full visibility into internal email—inbound, outbound and between users on the same network. Scanning internal email is essential for any organization that needs to satisfy email regulatory requirements or that wants to establish and enforce a strong email AUP. Simply scanning inbound and outbound email means that an organization has no visibility into the volume of email that originates and stays within the network (between users on the same network). Scanning internal email helps address key business-related issues, including:

• Ensuring regulatory compliance
• Protecting employees from offensive, illicit, illegal or pornographic material
• Increasing productivity
• Preventing bullying and discrimination
• Controlling internal data security and preventing dissemination of sensitive information

What versions of Microsoft Exchange does M86 MailMarshal ECM support?

M86 MailMarshal ECM supports Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010. Microsoft substantially changed Exchange after Exchange 2003, and as such, earlier versions of Microsoft Exchange will not be supported.

Does M86 MailMarshal ECM scale to meet enterprise requirements?

Yes. M86 MailMarshal ECM now has the array/node architecture that fully supports Microsoft's high availability architecture. M86 MailMarshal ECM runs as a Hub Transport Agent that is installed onto an MS Exchange Hub Transport Server. Scalability is achieved by adding more Hub Transport Servers. M86 MailMarshal ECM is simply installed on each additional Hub Transport server and added to the array for centralized management.

Does M86 MailMarshal ECM support clustering?

Microsoft itself no longer supports clustering at the Exchange Transport Hub level. Their recommended approach for high-availability and scalability is to add additional Hub Transport servers. M86 MailMarshal ECM fully supports this approach. Customers can simply install M86 MailMarshal ECM onto each additional Hub Transport Server and add that server to the centrally-managed array. See the following articles for a detailed description of how load balancing and high availability are achieved in Microsoft Exchange:

1. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267003(EXCHG.80).aspx
2. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638137.aspx#HA

What's new in M86 MailMarshal ECM?

• Support for Microsoft Exchange 2010
• Array/node architecture for enterprise-class scalability and centralized management and reporting
• All the most useful features found in the gateway-level M86 MailMarshal solution, called M86 MailMarshal Secure Email Gateway (formerly M86 MailMarshal SMTP):

• • Newer look and feel
  • Console dashboard
  • Improved console message viewer
  • Improved message search interface
  • Custom file types
  • Zero-day threat updates
  • Message digests
  • Quarantine management website w/ user self-release
  • Web console website
  • Database log queuing

M86 MailMarshal ECM is not intended to be an organization's primary, Internet-facing email gateway. That is the function of the M86 MailMarshal Secure Email Gateway (SEG). M86 MailMarshal ECM does not sit at the gateway, and as a result, cannot do gateway-level security tasks such as reputation filtering or Denial of Service (DoS) prevention. While M86 MailMarshal ECM does provide MS Exchange-level security functionality to complement what's already available in MS Exchange, its primary functionality is to simplify compliance. MM ECM contains the following compliance- and security-related functionality:

• Visibility into all internal email (traffic between users on the same network), including deep packet inspection for attachments
• Blended threats detection

The M86 MailMarshal Secure Email Gateway (SEG) is located at the gateway and provides the following gateway-level security functions:

• Spam detection
• Blended threats detection
• Detection of spoofed messages
• Protection against directory harvest and denial of service attacks
• TLS encryption enforcement
• Advanced message routing
• End-user blocklists or safelists

Does a customer need both M86 MailMarshal ECM and M86 MailMarshal SEG?

Complete email security/compliance will include a gateway-level and an Exchange-level solution. Having one in place does not negate the need for the other. M86 MailMarshal ECM is compatible with M86 MailMarshal SEG, but it is designed to run alongside any SMTP gateway product or cloud-based email security offering. If there is a need to scan all email (inbound, outbound and internal), then M86 MailMarshal ECM is necessary.

Can M86 MailMarshal ECM generate reports?

Yes. M86 MailMarshal ECM integrates with the M86 Marshal Reporting Console, which is included as part of the license, and allows users a wide variety of scheduling, depth of information and other customization options.

What markets benefit from M86 MailMarshal ECM?

Markets that need this solution most are subject to industry or legislative regulations, including

• Finance
• Healthcare
• Public sector/federal government/ state and local government
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Legal
• Publicly traded or merger and acquisition candidates
• Large organizations/enterprises with disparate locations
• Large organizations that need to establish AUPs across their email network