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Microsoft Exchange Email Interception

Exchange carries contracts and financial data for most organizations — and it is the most common route out. Mail is captured at the protocol layer.

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Anexet Client Console showing intercepted Microsoft Exchange messages

Why Exchange Needs Protocol-Level Coverage

Exchange is the backbone of corporate communication for most organizations, which is exactly why it needs coverage that reaches every mail client connected to it.

Mixed environments run Outlook alongside other clients speaking POP3, SMTP, or IMAP, and employees increasingly reach the same mailbox through a browser. A tool that only watches one protocol misses everything else moving through the same Exchange server.

Anexet integrates with Exchange at the protocol layer: the endpoint agent captures MAPI — Exchange's native protocol — alongside POP3, SMTP, and IMAP, so every client on a managed workstation is covered the same way from Standard. Premium adds a journaling connection through the Mail Processing Server for centralized, server-side capture across Exchange 2007 through 2016.

The risk, at a glance

  • The company's mail backbone

    Exchange carries contracts, HR records, and IP for most of the organization in one place.

  • Mixed clients, one server

    Outlook, other MAPI clients, and POP3/SMTP/IMAP tools can all connect to the same Exchange environment.

  • Two capture paths, one record

    Endpoint-level MAPI capture and server-side journaling combine to close the gaps either one would leave on its own.

Track, Intercept, Audit — in One Platform

Everything you need to bring Exchange under control, included as your plan grows.

  • Tracking

    See Exchange mail volume and usage per employee, feeding straight into employee-monitoring and productivity reports.

  • Interception

    Capture sender, recipients, subject, body, and attachments via MAPI, POP3, SMTP, and IMAP, plus Outlook on the Web — searchable in the Client Console.

  • Audit

    Security policies check every captured Exchange message and raise incidents with the full email as evidence (Advanced); rules that recognize confidential documents by digital fingerprint or hash come with Premium.

What Anexet Captures in Microsoft Exchange

Anexet records every message on a managed workstation connected to Exchange: sender, all recipients, subject, body, and attachments, tied to the user identity and an exact timestamp. Capture runs via MAPI for Outlook and other MAPI clients, plus POP3, SMTP, and IMAP for other mail clients, and Outlook on the Web through the browser channel.

From the Advanced plan, security policies check every message and flag matches as incidents for the security team to review. Premium adds a journaling connection through the Mail Processing Server for centralized, server-side capture across Exchange 2007 through 2016, plus content-aware rules that recognize documents by digital fingerprint or hash.

Intercepted Microsoft Exchange messages in the Anexet Client Console
Microsoft Exchange journaling connection settings in the Anexet Administrator Console

How Exchange Control Works

From an Exchange message to a controlled, searchable record.

A lightweight agent on the workstation intercepts Exchange traffic via MAPI, POP3, SMTP, and IMAP, and captures Outlook on the Web through the browser channel.

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With Premium, the Mail Processing Server connects through a journaling rule to add centralized, server-side capture for Exchange 2007-2016 alongside the endpoint agent.

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From the Advanced plan, security policies check each message, raise an incident on a match, and alert the security team.

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Security officers review each incident, and analysts export the full Exchange history from the Client Console as a complete, timestamped record for internal investigations.

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A lightweight agent on the workstation intercepts Exchange traffic via MAPI, POP3, SMTP, and IMAP, and captures Outlook on the Web through the browser channel.

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With Premium, the Mail Processing Server connects through a journaling rule to add centralized, server-side capture for Exchange 2007-2016 alongside the endpoint agent.

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From the Advanced plan, security policies check each message, raise an incident on a match, and alert the security team.

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Security officers review each incident, and analysts export the full Exchange history from the Client Console as a complete, timestamped record for internal investigations.

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Exchange Control by Plan

StandardCore employee activity monitoring.
Network traffic interception
USB control
Printer monitoring
Messenger interception
Browser interception
and 4 more
Most popular
AdvancedAdds DLP and deeper visibility.
Standard plan included
DLP features
Network share monitoring
Keylogger
Webcam pictures
and 4 more
All-in-one
PremiumAll-in-one solution.
Standard + Advanced plans included
Advanced search (digital fingerprints, hash search)
File system monitoring
User relationship analysis
Risk analysis
and 6 more

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about how Anexet handles Microsoft Exchange.

Does Anexet work with on-premises Exchange Server?

Yes. On managed workstations, the endpoint agent captures MAPI traffic for Exchange 2007, 2010, and 2016 — Exchange 2010 needs one connection setting adjusted through the Exchange Management Shell first. Exchange 2013, and full server-side coverage across every version, are handled by a journaling connection through the Mail Processing Server, which adds centralized capture for Exchange 2007 through 2016.

Security policies that check every captured Exchange message, raise incidents, and alert the security team are part of the Advanced plan. Rules that recognize a specific document by digital fingerprint or hash — regardless of the message text — are part of Premium.

It's an optional server-side component, included with Premium, that connects to Exchange through a journaling rule (Exchange 2007-2016) to centralize mail capture beyond the endpoint agent. Whether your environment needs it alongside endpoint-level MAPI capture, available from Standard, is confirmed during the demo.

Always inside your infrastructure. Anexet is deployed on-premises, so every captured Exchange message and attachment stays inside your infrastructure — the vendor has no access to your data.

Yes. Because every Exchange message on managed endpoints is captured, indexed, and linked to a user and timestamp, the evidence records support internal investigations and regulatory audits, helping your organization comply with frameworks like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.

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Bring Exchange Under Control

Tell us how your teams use Microsoft Exchange and what you need to protect — we'll map it to the right plan and arrange a demo or a free trial of Anexet Ultimate.

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