Benefits of Hosted Exchange

Access your Exchange 2003 mailbox using any web browser with Outlook Web Access. If you don't want to install Microsoft Outlook 2003, or you're working away from your normal computer, you can get the mail and collaboration benefits of Exchange 2003 through any internet connected web browser.

Functionality available through Outlook Web Access depends on the browser used.

Direct Push is included with Windows Mobile 5 devices and is automatically enabled on all Exchange mailboxes from IT Answers.

Emails are pushed directly to your mobile device, the moment they arrive in your mailbox.

• 100% push synchronisation with your mobile.
• No desktop software required.
• Data push occurs only when an event happens.
• No constant synching needed.
• Access your email, Calendar, Contacts & Tasks.

Roaming SMTP allows you to send email using Outlook, Thunderbird or your choice of software, directly through your IT Answers email account, no matter where you're accessing the internet.

Accessing Microsoft Exchange 2003 mailboxes, hosted by IT Answers, is easy with Outlook 2003 on Windows XP and Windows 2003.Using Outlook 2003's RPC over HTTP feature, you can be up and running in minutes, as easily as if Exchange were running on your local network.
If you're not running Windows XP or Windows 2003, you can still use Microsoft Outlook 2003 to access your Exchange 2003 mailboxes. Using Virtual Private Networking, you can establish a secure connection direct from your PC to your Microsoft Exchange 2003 server in the data centre.

Using respected, industry-leading virus scanning software, our mail servers prevent harmful, malicious emails from reaching your computer. Accurate interception is ensured by regular, automatic updates of both the scanning engine and the virus definition file.
Viruses are intercepted in real-time, following heuristic scanning of all inbound and outbound email, to identify and remove suspect attachments and malformed messages. Even archived files are searched, ensuring your email is trustworthy.

Multi-level, Bayesian spam filtering traps unwanted, unsolicited emails.
Each email is checked against especially selected criteria and, depending on your chosen filter strength, is determined to be spam or legitimate email. You choose whether the filter adds "SPAM" to suspect emails' subject lines, or deletes the email entirely.

Share your address books with other mailbox users on your domain.
Your global address list and offline address books are populated using the details of every mailbox user on your domain, whether they have an Exchange, Standard or Advanced mailbox, and even mail forwarders

Public folders allow you to easily share files with other Exchange mailbox users on your domain, through Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Web Access. Simply add the files you want to share and your colleagues will have direct access.

Improve your team's appointment making with shared calendars. Easily see who is available and make invitations direct to your colleagues' inboxes. Shared calendars can be accessed directly from Outlook and Outlook Web Access and are available to Exchange mailbox users.

Give individual users control of their email with their own mailbox control panel.
You select which options each mailbox user has, choosing from:

• Spam filter configuration.
• SMS alerts.
• Personal details.
• Criteria-based mass email deletion.

Each mailbox user logs into their own control panel directly, using their mailbox email address and password.