The emergence of Exchange Server 2010 triggered a round of tests of the disclaimer system built in to this server by Microsoft. We were simply curious if the feature allowing the management disclaimers in the new Exchange is a major step forward in comparison to its predecessor. Our findings are that the users of Exchange 2010 who want to have really professional signatures / disclaimers in email will still need to rely on 3rd party tools, such as CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2010. The test proved there has been little progress in this respect in the new Exchange Server 2010 as it turns out the new server lacks even the basic features our solution has boasted for quite a while, let alone those more advanced ones. Although it now supports HTML and Active Directory fields, it does not include even a very simple disclaimer builder. You will not be able either to insert the footer in selected places in the message, such as below the most recent response. We were unable to make the program add the company logo, but we believe it would have happened if we had kept on trying. But the software should not be that complicated.

For those of you who have already upgraded to Exchange Server 2010 and look for a solution that will take care of the signatures and disclaimers, we have published the release version of CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2010. Read below the whole story describing our first test with the built-in disclaimers system in Exchange 2010.
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