2. Selecting Conditions and Exceptions
Because conditions and exceptions are both involved
in identifying whether a given message should be processed by the rule,
it should be no surprise that they give you the same set of options.
Which options you get depends on whether you're creating the rule on a
Hub Transport or Edge Transport server. The Exchange 2010 help files
contain detailed descriptions of how each of these conditions and
exceptions are defined and applied, but the following discussion should
help you get an idea of what types of selection criteria you have
available at your fingertips.
2.1. Hub Transport Conditions and Exceptions
The conditions of the rule define the circumstances under which the rule will apply. Figure 2 shows the Conditions page of the Edit Transport Rule wizard and some of the conditions that can be applied to the rule.
You can select the following transport rule conditions on Hub Transport servers:
From people
From a member of distribution list
From users that are inside or outside the organization
Sent to people
Sent to a member of distribution list
Sent to users that are inside or outside the organization or partners
Between members of distribution list and distribution list
When the manager of any sender is people
When the sender is the manager of a recipient
If the sender and recipient's AD Attribute are Evaluation
When a specific recipient's address contains specific words
When a specific recipient's address contains text patterns
When a recipient's properties contains text patterns
When any of the recipients in the To field is people
When any of the recipients in the To field are a member of distribution list
When any of the recipients in the Cc field is people
When any of the recipients in the CC field is member of distribution list
When any of the recipients in the To or Cc fields are people
When any of the recipients in the To or CC fields is a member of a distribution list
Marked with classification
When the Subject field contains specific words
When the Subject field or the body of the message contains specific words
When a message header contains specific words
When the From address contains specific words
When the Subject field contains text patterns
When the Subject field or the body of the message contains text patterns
When the message header contains text patterns
When the From address contains text patterns
When any attachment file name contains text patterns
With a spam confidence level (SCL) rating that is greater than or equal to limit
When the size of any attachment is greater than or equal to limit
Marked with importance
If the message is Message Type
When the sender's properties contains specific words
When the sender's properties matches text patterns
Not marked with a message classification
When an attachment contains words
When an attachment matches text patterns
When an attachment is unsupported
2.2. Edge Transport Conditions and Exceptions
When creating a transport rule on an Edge Transport server role, you can define the following conditions:
When the Subject field contains specific words
When the Subject field or the body of the message contains specific words
When a message header contains specific words
When the From address contains specific words
When any recipient address contains specific words
When the Subject field contains text patterns
When the Subject field or the body of the message contains text patterns
When the message header contains text patterns
When the From address contains text patterns
When text patterns in any of recipient address match a transport rule
With a spam confidence level (SCL) rating that is greater than or equal to limit
When the size of any attachment is greater than or equal to limit
From users inside or outside the organization