Computer Associates announced the CA Management Bundle for Microsoft Exchange, an integrated management solution for ensuring the performance, security, data protection and reliability of email.

Microsoft agreed to pay Opera Software $12.75 million to head off a threatened lawsuit over code that made some Web pages on MSN look bad in certain versions of Opera’s Web browser.

Email that contains content of a sexual nature must now carry the label "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT" in the subject line. The new rule was put in effect by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, with penalties including fines of $250,000 for an individual and $500,000 for an organization, as well as possible imprisonment.

Two software makers with a Windows focus, NetIQ and BindView, are releasing products that blend patch management with vulnerability assessment.

Microsoft is considering a merger between its proposed standard for email authentication and the sender policy framework (SPF). A Microsoft spokesman said the software maker is anxious to move forward with the converged standard, which is being referred to as "the new SPF."

A federal judge ordered Microsoft to search for evidence a vice president told employees in 2000 to destroy e-mails. The order is in support of a suite brought against Microsoft by Burst.com regarding multimedia transfer technology.

As part of its emphasis on developer and security issues at its annual TechEd conference next week, Microsoft will tutor attendees in the finer points of its Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 technologies.

This Microsoft paper details information on how the Microsoft IT group backs up its clustered Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 mailbox infrastructure by using a modified version of the Backup feature in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

In this webcast Wingra Technologies presents Notes Migrator for Exchange, which offers a software solution that automates the process of migrating data from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange. This Live Meeting Webcast will take place on Tuesday, June 15, 2004.

Security vendor Symantec has announced plans to acquire competitor BrightMail, which makes tools for blocking spam and viruses.