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Exchange Online - Safe List Confusion
When addresses are added to the organizational safe/block list it can create problems for individual users. I will provide a few examples below. Mailbox safe list by passes scanning like spoof and spam.
Scenario 1: mailto:mailspoofed@mailer.con is allowed - Organizational safe list
Mark's mailbox - at risk/bypassed
Tim's mailbox - at risk/bypassed
Hannah's mailbox - at risk/bypassed
Scenario 2: mailto:mailspoofed@mailer.con is allow by Tim - Outlook safe list
Mark's mailbox - still scans
Tim's mailbox - at risk/bypassed
Hannah's mailbox - still scans
When addresses are added to the organizational safe/block list it can create problems for individual users. I will provide a few examples below. Mailbox safe list by passes scanning like spoof and spam.
Scenario 1: mailto:mailspoofed@mailer.con is allowed - Organizational safe list
Mark's mailbox - at risk/bypassed
Tim's mailbox - at risk/bypassed
Hannah's mailbox - at risk/bypassed
Scenario 2: mailto:mailspoofed@mailer.con is allow by Tim - Outlook safe list
Mark's mailbox - still scans
Tim's mailbox - at risk/bypassed
Hannah's mailbox - still scans
Thanks. I still think it's a little bit of an unnecessary risk to have users add emails to the safe list (which is limited to 1024 addresses I think) just to see images in emails when they open it.