EX16-ED-000520 - The Exchange Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Sender filter must be enabled.

Information

Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. Careful tuning reduces the risk that system or network congestion will contribute to availability impacts.

Filters that govern inbound email evaluation can significantly reduce spam, phishing, and spoofed emails. Filters for messages from blank senders, known spammers, or zero-day attack modifications must be enabled to be effective.

Failure to enable the filter will result in no action taken. This setting should always be enabled.

Solution

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Set-SenderFilterConfig -Enabled $true

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Exchange_2016_Y24M01_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-8(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001308, Rule-ID|SV-221248r879653_rule, STIG-ID|EX16-ED-000520, STIG-Legacy|SV-95287, STIG-Legacy|V-80577, Vuln-ID|V-221248

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: d381b7fddc5ffdb149d7ce5daa522640d7b6f7fa2cdb802d97a0c05ead777d66