Q245465: XFOR: Configuring Message Filtering on the Internet Mail Service

Article: Q245465
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:5.5 SP2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55sp2
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 SP2 
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SUMMARY
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The Internet Mail Service in Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 with Service Pack 2
(SP2) or later installed has message filtering capabilities that you can
configure within the Exchange Server Administrator program. Use the Message
Filtering feature to add domains or users who are not allowed to deliver SMTP
messages to your site.

MORE INFORMATION
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To configure Message Filtering to restrict delivery of SMTP messages to your
site:

1. Open the Internet Mail Service properties, and click the Connections tab.

2. Click Message Filtering.

3. Click Add.

4. To prevent a specific user from delivering messages to your site, type the
  user's alias and domain name in the following format:

  "<username>@<domainname>.com" (without the quotation marks)

5. To prevent all users in a specific domain from delivering messages to your
  site, type the domain name in the following format:

  "@<domainname>.com" (without the quotation marks)

6. If you want the Internet Mail Service to automatically delete junk e-mail
  messages, click to select the "Delete messages instead of moving to turf
  directory" check box.

7. If you want the messages to be saved in a "turf" folder, click to clear the
  "Delete messages instead of moving to turf directory" check box, and manually
  create the turf folder.

8. Save the changes, then start and restart the Internet Mail Service for the
  changes to take effect.

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q193926 XFOR: TURFDIR Must Be Manually Created for Message Filtering

  Q197289 XFOR: Internet Mail Service May Not Save Turfed Messages or Saves
  Them to an Unexpected Location

Additional query words: spam, spamming, filter, prevent, imc, IMS

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Keywords          : exc55sp2 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbExchange550SP2
Version           : winnt:5.5 SP2
Issue type        : kbinfo

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