How to Apply a Connection Filter to An SMTP Virtual Server

After creating the connection filter and any exceptions for the filter, you must apply it to the appropriate SMTP virtual servers. Usually, you apply the connection filter to the SMTP virtual servers that exist on your gateway servers that accept inbound Internet e-mail messages. Use the following procedure to apply a connection filter to an SMTP virtual server.

Before You Begin

Before you perform the procedure in this topic, read Configuring Filtering and Controlling Spam.

The following permissions are required to perform this procedure:

• Member of the local administrators group and a member of a group that has had the Exchange Administrators role applied at administrative group level

Procedure

To apply a connection filter to an SMTP virtual server

1. Start Exchange System Manager: Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.

2. In the console tree, expand Servers, expand the server that you want, expand Protocols, and then expand SMTP.

3. Right-click the SMTP virtual server on which you want to apply the filter, and then click Properties.

4. In <SMTP Virtual Server> Properties, on the General tab, click Advanced.

5. In Advanced, select the IP address for which you want to apply the filter, and then click Edit.

6. In Identification, select the Apply Connection Filter check box to apply the filter that you previously set.

   The Identification dialog box

   

7. If you have multiple virtual servers, repeat Steps 3 through 6 for each virtual server on which you want to apply the filter.