Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with SP1

6.9 Transport Agents

Transport agents operate under the control of the transport system to perform specific processing on messages at different points of their passage through the transport system. The most important agents are those that execute transport rules and perform journaling. We will get to discuss how to create and use transport rules and journaling when we review how to use Exchange 2007 to achieve better compliance with regulatory or legislative requirements in Chapter 8. For now, it is sufficient to recognize that these components exist. You can use the Get-TransportAgent command to discover the list of Transport Agents that are operating on a hub or Edge server. You’ll see a list of agents returned together whether or not they ...