Create Transport Rule.

Glenn Maxwell 10,571 Reputation points
2024-05-28T21:39:47.7+00:00

I have a Distribution List (DL) (dl1@contoso.com) in Exchange Online with 30,000 internal users. Only user1@contoso.com is allowed to send emails to this DL (Delivery Management: Specified Senders: user1@contoso.com).

User1 is planning to send an email to this DL with the subject "Important Email," and the DL will be in Bcc. My requirement is that none of the DL members should be able to reply to user1@contoso.com with subjects like "RE: Important Email" or "Important Email."

Will the following transport rule work?

TS-Rule If any user replies back by changing the email subject, then this transport rule will not work. Is there any other way to restrict users from replying to user1 to this one email even if the email subject is changed? Can we create a rule based on the message ID once the email is triggered?

Microsoft Exchange Online
Exchange Server
Exchange Server
A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.
1,170 questions
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online: A Microsoft email and calendaring hosted service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,343 questions
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server: A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
7,465 questions
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Management
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Management
Microsoft Exchange: Microsoft messaging and collaboration software.Hybrid Management: Organizing, handling, directing or controlling hybrid deployments.
1,975 questions
0 comments No comments
{count} votes

Accepted answer
  1. Bruce Jing-MSFT 2,070 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-05-29T09:33:23.9333333+00:00

    Hi,@Glenn Maxwell

    Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

    Based on your description, you want that none of the DL members should be able to reply to user1@contoso.com with subjects like "RE: Important Email" or "Important Email."

    I will answer your questions in turn:

    1. You created a rule that doesn't work as expected, this rule prevents anyone in your organization from receiving emails with the subject 'RE: Important Email' or 'Important Email.'

    I created a new rule based on your request and tested it and it works as expected.

    User's image

    User's image

    Because each email has a different ID and ID cannot be obtained automatically, it is not possible to create a rule to block sending based on the ID.There is no other way to restrict users from replying to user1 even if they change the subject of the email.

    If my answer is helpful to you, please mark it as the answer so that other users can refer to it. Thank you for your support and understanding.

    0 comments No comments

0 additional answers

Sort by: Most helpful