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MC275150: Delayed – Changes to the way EOP moves email to Junk folder

Today EOP depends on the junk email rule to move spam/phish messages to a user’s Junk folder based on the spam confidence level set by EOP. Going forward EOP will use it’s own mailflow delivery agent to move malicious emails to the Junk folder depending on the policy set by security admins in Antispam policy. EOP will continue to honor the user safe sender/block sender preferences set in outlook just as the junk email rule does today.

MC275150: Delayed – Changes to the way EOP moves email to Junk folder

Attention: The rollout for the below changes, which were communicated earlier (March MC248005), has been delayed. The new timeline is late September through late October 2021.

Key points

  • Timing: This change will be rolled out starting in mid-May (previously late-April) through mid-June (previously end of May).
  • Action: review and assess impact for your organization.

How this will affect your organization

If your organization has users or mailboxes where the Junk email rule is disabled either due to an Exchange admin disabling it using the Set-MailboxJunkEmailConfiguration PowerShell command or a user using a legacy(now removed) outlook web setting to disable junk, EOP will not honor that setting. EOP detected spam or phish emails will still be routed to Junk.

What you need to do to prepare

If you do not want EOP to perform spam filtering for a mailbox, please use the Anti spam policies or Exchange transport rules(set SCL to -1) to manage accordingly.

Message ID: MC275150
Effective: September 30, 2021

Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook

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