This document provides developers an overview of how to write event sinks for SMTP and Transport events in managed code using wrappers that obscure some of the details of communicating with the unmanaged server.

A paper from Microsoft discusses the top cluster configuration issues developed through the operational experience of Microsoft IT that can adversely affect the performance and stability of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

This paper offers a detailed discussion on how Microsoft IT used Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Office System 2003 to enable a consolidation of Exchange sites from 75 to just seven worldwide.

activAeon XA is an analytical tool that automates data collection and provides vital information on actual license usage. A suite of intuitive real-time reports including MOET, Session Activity Report, SQL Server Report and more can be generated in three simple steps to give accurate license usage figures that help application providers, ISVs and enterprises to streamline operations as well as optimize resources.

Microsoft intends to create an antivirus service in the near future, but has not finalized its plans, a company executive said Tuesday. However, the software giant has not decided what form its service will take, said Amy Carroll, director of product management for Microsoft’s Security Business and Technology Unit.

A new variant of the Zafi worm has spread rapidly since the weekend, trampling over firewalls and other security measures with a political message in several languages. First reported in the wild Friday, several antivirus vendors are calling W32.Zafi.B a medium-level threat due to its speed.

After settling a lawsuit brought by Yahoo, a Canadian man identified as one of the world’s biggest senders of junk email has agreed to halt his operation. Eric Head, who sent 94 million pieces of spam in one month alone, will also help educate children about the dangers of the Internet.

The Bush administration will not immediately create a national do-not-spam registry to discourage unwanted emails, saying using current technology to do so might generate even more unsolicited sales pitches across the Internet.

Software start-up Stata Labs released the first major revision of its Bloomba email software, adding calendar features and the ability to swap data with Palm devices. Stata unveiled the initial version of Bloomba about a year ago, positioning the software as an alternative to Microsoft’s widespread Outlook for people who need to manage huge libraries of saved messages.

A widespread electronic attack on a company that handles traffic for some of the world’s most-visited Web sites knocked several high-profile sites offline for at least 45 minutes early Tuesday. The attack targeted Internet servers run by Cambridge, Mass.-based Akamai Technologies, which distributes and manages Web data for companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo, Federal Express and Xerox.