After Microsoft removed the 2006 Kodiak release of Exchange Server from its product road map earlier this year, its plans for the messaging software have gotten even cloudier, making it more difficult for users to make future plans for the messaging package. In May the company said it would deliver in 2005 an addition to Exchange called Edge Services, an intelligent message transfer agent for the edge of a company's network that offers security, spam and virus protection. The software maker now is backpedaling on that commitment, which was the only announced release for Exchange beyond 2004.
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