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After you have deployed the SharePoint Server, there are some other additional settings which you need to configure. You should perform these tasks to take full advantage of the SharePoint 2007 administrative Features: 

• Email Settings:
  • Incoming:
    

Configuring server for incoming emails will enable you to get advantage of the following SPS 2007 features:

• SharePoint sites can accept and archive incoming e-mail.
  
• SharePoint sites can archive e-mail discussions as they happen, save e-mailed documents, and show e-mailed meetings on site calendars.
  
• In addition, configure the SharePoint Directory Management Service for e-mail distribution list creation and management.
  
• Outgoing
  

Configure Outgoing SMTP Email server to enable SPS 2007 for sending Notifications and alerts to the site users and administrators. You can configure “From” and “Reply to” email addresses for outgoing emails.

• Create SharePoint sites: Create more SharePoint sites and Web applications if your site design requires multiple sites or multiple Web applications.
  
• Diagnostic logging settingsTo get yourself helped in troubleshooting, configure various logging and diagnostics settings including trace logs, event messages, user-mode error messages, and Customer Experience Improvement Program events.
  
• Configure antivirus protection settingsConfigure Antivirus Settings for Server to enable the virus scanning for document upload and downloads, also configure virus scanning timeout and execution threads on the server for antivirus. A SharePoint Server 2007 compatible Antivirus program is required for this.
  
• You can use the following procedure to configure optional administrative settings using SharePoint Central Administration.
  

Configure administrative settings using SharePoint Central Administration

• Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.
  
• On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, under Administrative Tasks, click the administrative task you want to perform.
  
• On the Administrative Tasks page, next to Action, click the task.