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Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2
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In MicrosoftExchange Server 2010, transport rules allow you to apply messaging policies to messages in the transport pipeline. Actions such as redirecting a
message or adding recipients, rightsprotecting messages, and rejecting or silently deleting a message can be taken on messages that match the conditions and
none of the exceptions defined in the rule.
Given the scope and potential impact of transport rules on messages, it's important to understand how transport rules work. To learn more about transport rules, see
Understanding Transport Rules. For a comprehensive list of transport rule predicates and actions available on the Hub Transport server and Edge Transport server,
see Transport Rule Predicates and Transport Rule Actions.
Looking for management tasks related to managing transport rules? Check out Managing Transport Rules.
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Transport Rule Scope
Transport Rule Replication
Order in Which Transport Rules are Applied
Transport Rules and Group Membership
Although the procedures used to create and modify transport rules on each server role are the same, the scope of transport rules on each server role is very
different.
Agent
Transport event
OnRoutedMessage
EndOfData
Rule storage
Rule replication
Rule scope
Message types
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Message Types
On Edge Transport servers, rules apply to all messages. On Hub Transport servers, rules are applied to messages that meet the following criteria:
Messages sent by anonymous sendersTransport rules are applied to all messages received from anonymous senders. Email received from the
Internet falls under this category.
Messages sent between authenticated usersTransport rules are applied to the following types of messages sent between authenticated users:
Interpersonal messagesInterpersonal messages that contain a single rich text format RTF, HTML, or plain text message body or a multipart or
alternative set of message bodies.
Encrypted email messagesMessages that are encrypted using S/MIME. Transport rules can access envelope headers contained in encrypted
messages and process messages based on predicates that inspect them. Rules with predicates that require inspection of message content, or
actions that modify content, can't be processed.
Protected messagesMessages that are protected by applying an Active Directory Rights Management Services ADRMS rights policy
template. With transport decryption enabled, the Transport Rules agent on a Hub Transport server can access the content of protected messages.
Messages must be published using an ADRMS cluster in the same Active Directory forest as the Exchange 2010 server. With transport decryption
disabled, the agent can't access message content and treats the message as an encrypted message.
Clearsigned messagesMessages that have been signed but not encrypted.
Unified messaging email messagesMessages that are created or processed by the Unified Messaging server role, such as voice mail, fax,
missed call notifications, and messages created or forwarded by using Microsoft Outlook Voice Access.
Read reportsReports that are generated in response to read receipt requests by senders. Read reports have a message class of
IPM.Note*.MdnRead or IPM.Note*.MdnNotRead.
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Each time the Hub Transport server retrieves a new transport rule configuration, an event is logged in the Security log in Event Viewer.
Transport rules configured on Edge Transport servers are applied only to the local server on which the transport rule was created. New transport rules and
changes to existing transport rules affect only messages that pass through that specific Edge Transport server. If you have more than one Edge Transport server
and you want to apply a consistent set of rules across all Edge Transport servers, you must either manually configure each server or export the transport rules
from one server and import them into all other Edge Transport servers.
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