XFOR: Incoming Internet Mail Cannot Be Regulated on a Per-User Basis (247121)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
This article was previously published under Q247121 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, you can restrict users from receiving mail from the Internet by removing the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) proxy address for a specific user. In Exchange 2000, this solution is not possible because SMTP is the native addressing format. Consequently, there is no way to regulate the permissions of users to receive Internet mail.
WORKAROUND
To restrict users from receiving Internet mail in Microsoft Exchange 2000 you need to create two SMTP addresses, for example user@microsoft.com and user@microsoft.local. This is done using Exchange 2000 recipient policies. Assign the microsoft.local address to all users and the microsoft.com address to only the users who are allowed to receive Internet mail. This allows all users to receive internal mail, but does not allow specific users to receive Internet mail since the microsoft.local address is not an allowable Internet mail address.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 4/25/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB247121 |
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