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Third Party Spam Filter
Actually, with this scenario, that seems to be recommended officially - Using a third-party cloud service with Office 365
"I plan to have Office 365 host all of my organization’s mailboxes. My organization uses (or plans to use) a third-party (mail services) cloud solution for filtering spam and malware. All email sent from the Internet must be filtered by this third-party cloud service."
You point your MX record to your third-party service provider. I don't think Exchange Online Protection can be turned off completely but for example, you can set a mail flow rule to bypass email from spam checking originating from the third party service. I think the documentation could be clear on the whole!
I'd get advice from your 3rd party provider and they should be able to recommend the best practice for their particular solution and Office 365 integration.
Hi Cian,
Thank you for the response. I read the article; however, would I be right in saying Office 365 will check the email again after the third party spam filter has given it the all clear? There appears to be no option to disable the O365 spam filter. Or should the O365 spam filter settings be set to default and this shouldn't cause an issue?
Actually, with this scenario, that seems to be recommended officially - Using a third-party cloud service with Office 365
"I plan to have Office 365 host all of my organization’s mailboxes. My organization uses (or plans to use) a third-party (mail services) cloud solution for filtering spam and malware. All email sent from the Internet must be filtered by this third-party cloud service."
You point your MX record to your third-party service provider. I don't think Exchange Online Protection can be turned off completely but for example, you can set a mail flow rule to bypass email from spam checking originating from the third party service. I think the documentation could be clear on the whole!
I'd get advice from your 3rd party provider and they should be able to recommend the best practice for their particular solution and Office 365 integration.