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Create a Message Classification
Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP2
Topic Last Modified: 2011-03-19
This topic provides information about how to create a new message classification. For more information about message classifications, see Understanding Message Classifications.
Looking for other management tasks related to message classifications? Check out Managing Message Classifications.
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| Before you create or modify message classifications in your production environment, we recommend that you use a test environment to understand how message classifications work. Before you modify message classifications, test them in a production environment. |
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Message classifications" entry in the Transport Permissions topic.
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| You can't use the Exchange Management Console to create a message classification. |
To create a new message classification instance, you must use the New-MessageClassification cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell. The New-MessageClassification cmdlet requires four parameters to create a new message classification:
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DisplayName
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Locale
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Name
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SenderDescription
You should also consider setting a value for the optional RecipientDescription parameter so that recipients are provided with a detailed description about the intent of the classification and how they should handle the message.
This example creates a new message classification with only the required classification parameters:
New-MessageClassification -Name NewMessageClassification -DisplayName "New Message Classification" -SenderDescription "This is the description that explains to the sender when to use this classification" -Locale en-EN
This example creates a new message classification that includes the RecipientDescription parameter with the required classification parameters:
New-MessageClassification -Name NewMessageClassification -DisplayName "New Message Classification" -SenderDescription "This is the description that explains to the sender when to use this classification" -RecipientDescription "This is the description that explains to the recipient the intent of the classification and how they should handle the message" -Locale en-EN
After creating a new message classification, you may also want to:
