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Find receive connectors that can relay email externally - powershell
Hi All
Is there a quick way I can find all receive connectors in my exchange organization that are capable of sending email externally?
Appreciate any advice...
If you want to find which send connectors are open relays, you can try the following:
Get-ReceiveConnector | Get-ADPermission | Where {$_.User -Like '*anon*' -And $_.ExtendedRights -Like 'ms-Exch-SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient'} | ft Identity, User, ExtendedRights
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If you want to find which send connectors are open relays, you can try the following:
Get-ReceiveConnector | Get-ADPermission | Where {$_.User -Like '*anon*' -And $_.ExtendedRights -Like 'ms-Exch-SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient'} | ft Identity, User, ExtendedRightsHi again...
Quick one....was wondering is this the only and most accurate way to determine whether a connector can relay email externally.
The reason I ask is that I ran that command you suggested and it returned my connectors that are external relays but then I found another system that was connecting to another connector (not part of the list returned by your command) which I thought was not capable of relaying email outside but it turns out it can. Hence I am confused.
This is the best way as far as I am aware, but obviously this has missed a connector. I can run through my notes and see if I can find something more accurate.
Thanks,
Mark
