Remove "Server:" name from email header 1

[EssoOil]

Hi,

I run Exchange 2007 under SBS 2008. I don’t use SMTP as I prefer the POP3 connector and smarthost feature which works very well for sending and receiving emails both internally and externally.

PROBLEM: The headers of my outbound emails all show the name of my server in the "Received:" tag and I want to remove this.

I've found out how to do it but don’t know how to implement the solution.

The text below is from the Exchange 2007 help on the FQDN screen:-

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If the Send connector is configured on a Hub Transport server that also has the Mailbox server role installed, any value that you specify for the FQDN field is not used. Instead, the FQDN of the server that is displayed by using the Get-ExchangeServer cmdlet is always used.

For servers that have both the Hub Transport server role and the Mailbox server role installed, the only way to remove the server name from the Received: headers of the outgoing message is to use the Remove-ADPermission cmdlet to remove the Ms-Exch-Send-Headers-Routing permission from the security principals that use the connector. This action will remove all the Received: headers from the message as the message leaves the Hub Transport server. We recommend that you don't remove the Received: headers for internal messages, because the Received: headers are used for maximum hop count calculations.
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My Questions:-


1) Does my server have both the Hub Transport server role and the Mailbox server role installed? (I use POP3 connector and smarthost). How can I find out if it does?

2) How do you access the exchange shell to run cmdlet?

3) What exactly is the command to remove the server name from the "Received:" headers of the outgoing emails?

e.g. Remove-ADPermission cmdlet to remove the Ms-Exch-Send-Headers-Routing

4) The help screen recommends you don't remove the Received: headers for internal messages. How can you remove the Received: header for external messages but not internal messages?

Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

[58sniper]

1) Does my server have both the Hub Transport server role and the Mailbox server role installed? (I use POP3 connector and smarthost). How can I find out if it does?

Run the following:

Get-ExchangeServer

2) How do you access the exchange shell to run cmdlet?

Start>All Programs>Microsoft Exchange 2007>Exchange Management Shell

3) What exactly is the command to remove the server name from the "Received:" headers of the outgoing emails?e.g. Remove-ADPermission cmdlet to remove the Ms-Exch-Send-Headers-Routing

I wouldn't recommend do that. That's a violation of the RFC that says those headers need to be there.

4) The help screen recommends you don't remove the Received: headers for internal messages. How can you remove the Received: header for external messages but not internal messages?

See above - not recommended at all.

Pat Richard MVP
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