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V-228377

CAT II

Exchange email forwarding must be restricted.

Ships Affected
1
Total Findings
1
Open
0
Closed
1

Check Text

Review the Email Domain Security Plan (EDSP). Determine any accounts that have been authorized to have email auto-forwarded. Note: If email auto-forwarding is not being used, this check is not applicable. . Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following commands: Get-Mailbox | Select Name, Identity, Filter If any user has a forwarding SMTP address and is not documented in the EDSP, this is a finding. Note: If no remote SMTP domain matching the mail-enabled user or contact that allows forwarding is configured for users identified with a forwarding address, this function will not work properly.

Fix Text

Update the EDSP. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Set-Mailbox -Identity <'IdentityName'> -ForwardingSMTPAdddress $null Note: The <IdentityName> value must be in quotes.

STIG Reference

STIG
Microsoft Exchange 2016 Mailbox Server Security Technical Implementation Guide
Version
2
Release
6
Rule ID
SV-228377r879642_rule

All Occurrences

This vulnerability appears on 1 ship(s)

Ship Hull # Source File Status Assigned To Scan Date Actions
USNS MONTFORD POINT T-ESD-1 _Reviewed/MONT-MB-002/Checklist/MONT-MB-002_MSExchange2016MB_V2R6_20251023-152357.ckl
Unassigned 2026-01-14T12:57:33.455034 View in Context
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