Exchange 2007, 550 5.7.1 Message rejected as spam by Content Filtering

What:

Small Business Server 2008 with Exchange 2007

Problem:

User is getting bounce back messages when trying to email organization.

Solution:

Add SMTP address or optionally domain name to Content Filter configuration on your Exchange 2007 server.

Open up "Exchange Management Shell" and run following command:

Get-ContentFilterConfig

You should see your current configuration on the screen.

Add sender SMTP addresses to the BypassedSenders list:

Set-ContentFilterConfig -BypassedSenders john@example.com

Optionally add domain name to allow any email send from example.com

Set-ContentFilterConfig -BypassedSenderDomains example.com

Check you current configuration with

Get-ContentFilterConfig

To completely disable content filtering functionality run

Set-ContentFilterConfig -Enabled $false 

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