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Exchange 2016 Antispam how to turn off completely

Hi expert,

In our environment, we have exchange 2016 with symantec messaging gateway (SMG)

Since we have the symantec messaging gateway, we thought of turning off the antispam feature in SMG but keep the antimalware feature.

How can i verify if my exchange has antispam turned off completely?

When i run get-transportagent cmdlet in exchange cmdlet, below is the result, is the spam enabled?

Identity Enabled Priority
-------- ------- --------
Transport Rule Agent True 1
DLP Policy Agent True 2
Retention Policy Agent True 3
Supervisory Review Agent True 4
Malware Agent True 5
Text Messaging Routing Agent True 6
Text Messaging Delivery Agent True 7
System Probe Drop Smtp Agent True 8
System Probe Drop Routing Agent True 9

Rajkumar Duraisamy

You can keep that running without configuring anything.. but still if you want to disable

Open Exchange Management Shell as Administrator

Run the below command to disable

Disable-TransportAgent -Identity "Transport Rule Agent"

or

get-transportagent | disable-transportagent

if you want to uninstall. Run the below command to uninstall

Uninstall-TransportAgent -Identity "Transport Rule Agent"

or

get-transportagent | uninstall-transportagent

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ASKER

Hi Raj,

Thanks for the info, if i keep the anti spam running, it will still have the SCL scanning ongoing right?

Will it quarantine my email although i did not configure antispam on my exchange?

please advise.

Thanks.

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Rajkumar Duraisamy

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