Find receive connectors that can relay email externally - powershell

[Navishkar Sadheo]

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...

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Navishkar Sadheo 

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

[#3]

@HidMov 

Thank you so much.

[#4]

@HidMov 

Hi 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.

[#5]

Hi @Navishkar Sadheo 

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

[#6]

@HidMov 

Hi Mark

Were you able to find anything?

[#7]

Hi @Navishkar Sadheo 

Nothing in my notes I'm afraid - will try to dig deeper into it at some point but I'm pretty smashed at the moment.