Topic Last Modified: 2005-05-24
Use the following procedure to create a recipient filter.
Before you perform the procedure in this topic, read Configuring Filtering and Controlling Spam.
The following permissions are required to perform this procedure:
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Member of the local administrators group and a member of a group that has had the Exchange Administrators role applied at the organizational level
To create a recipient filter
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Start Exchange System Manager: Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
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In the console tree, expand Global Settings, right-click Message Delivery, and then click Properties.
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In Message Delivery Properties, click the Recipient Filtering tab.
The Recipient Filtering tab in the Message Delivery Properties dialog box.gif)
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To add the address of a specific recipient, click Add, and then, in Add Recipient, type the recipient address, and then click OK. The recipient address must meet the following criteria:
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The recipient address must contain an at sign (@).
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Display names must be enclosed in quotation marks with the @ sign immediately following. Ensure that there are no spaces between the quotation marks and the @ symbol For example, if you want to filter mail for a recipient with the display name of Ted Bremer in the contoso.com domain, you type:
"Ted Bremer"@contoso.com
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Use an asterisk (*) to denote all members of a domain or simply enter @domain. For example, to filter mail that is sent to all users with the domain suffix of contoso.com, type either:
*@contoso.com
@contoso.com
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To filter mail that is sent to users who do not exist in Microsoft® Active Directory® directory service, select the Filter recipients who are not in the Directory check box.
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Selecting the Filter recipients who are not in the Directory check box can potentially allow malicious senders to discover valid e-mail addresses in your Exchange Server organization.
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