Specify a Spam Quarantine Mailbox

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Specify a Spam Quarantine Mailbox

If you decide to enable the quarantine spam confidence level (SCL) threshold that is discussed in the next section, you must first configure the spam quarantine infrastructure. All messages that are equal to or greater than the spam quarantine SCL threshold are sent to the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) address that you specify in this step.

After you set up the spam quarantine mailbox and infrastructure, you must specify the mailbox in the content filter configuration. The QuarantineMailbox parameter takes the SMTP address of the spam quarantine mailbox.

To configure spam quarantine, you must follow these steps:

  • Enable content filtering.
  • Create a spam quarantine mailbox.
  • Specify the spam quarantine mailbox.
  • Set the SCL quarantine threshold.
  • Manage the spam quarantine mailbox.
  • Adjust the SCL quarantine threshold as needed.

Important

By the nature of the spam quarantine feature, the IT administrator who is responsible for the spam quarantine mailbox can view potentially private and sensitive messages and send mail on behalf of anyone in the Exchange organization.