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2.5 Typical deployment scenarios
This chapter explains the different scenarios how GFI MailEssentials can be installed and configured.
2.5.1 Installing directly on Microsoft® Exchange server 21
2.5.2 Installing on an email gateway or relay/perimeter server 21
2.5.1 Installing directly on Microsoft
®
Exchange server
Figure 1: Installing GFI MailEssentials on your Microsoft
®
Exchange server
You can install GFI MailEssentials directly on Microsoft
®
Exchange Server 2003 or later, without any
additional configuration.
NOTE
In Microsoft
®
Exchange 2007/2010 environments, GFI MailEssentials can only be
installed on the servers with the following roles:
Edge Server Role, or
Hub Transport Role, or
Hub Transport and Mailbox Roles - with this configuration GFI MailEssentials can
also scan internal emails for viruses.
NOTE
GFI MailEssentials supports a number of mail servers but can only be installed on the
same machine as Microsoft
®
Exchange. For other mail servers, for example Lotus
Domino, install GFI MailEssentials on a separate machine.
2.5.2 Installing on an email gateway or relay/perimeter server