Microsoft KB Archive/250521

= XADM: How to Prevent Everyone in an Organization from Sending SMTP Mail to a Specific Target Address =

Article ID: 250521

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q250521



SUMMARY
This article describes how to configure Exchange Server so that all of the users in an organization cannot send SMTP e-mail messages to a specific address.



MORE INFORMATION
To configure Exchange Server so that all of the users in an organization cannot send SMTP e-mail messages to a specific address, create a custom recipient and set delivery restrictions for that recipient:


 * 1) Create an SMTP custom recipient that uses the e-mail address that you want to prevent users from sending SMTP e-mail messages to.
 * 2) In the custom recipient properties, click the Delivery Restrictions tab, and then perform either one of the following steps:
 * 3) * Under Reject messages from, click List, and then either add everyone in the local Recipients container or add a global distribution list (DL) to the Reject messages from list.
 * 4) * Under Accept messages from, click List, and then add a single user to the Accept messages from list.
 * 5) Ensure that the display name for the user is the same as the SMTP address (for example, someone@microsoft.com).
 * 6) Click the Advanced tab, and then under Custom recipients options, click to select the Hide from address book check box.

After you perform these steps, if a user in that organization sends mail to the SMTP address, the user receives a non-delivery report (NDR) similar to the following:

Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

Subject: test

Sent: 1/10/2000 2:46 PM

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

Someone@microsoft.com on 1/10/2000 2:46 PM

A restriction in the system prevented delivery of the message.

The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=US;a= ;p=Organization;l=Servername-000110194626Z-183

MSEXCH:MSExchangeMTA:Sitename:Servername

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