Working with Mailbox Rules in Powershell
Working with Mailbox Rules in Powershell
1. Get all forwarding rules in an organization:
foreach ($i in (Get-Mailbox -ResultSize unlimited)) {
Get-InboxRule -Mailbox $i.DistinguishedName | where {$_.ForwardTo} | fl
MailboxOwnerID,Name,ForwardTo >> C:\AllForwardRules.txt }
2. To get inbox rules for a mailbox:
Get-Inboxrule. You can also do get-inboxrule | Fl to see
details of the rule
3. Type Get-command *inboxrule* to see list of commands for
inbox rules
4. To remove a rule, type get-inboxrule | remove-inboxrule
5. Create inbox rule called Junk for a set of users in a
particular OU called Test. this will rule will move messages with subject
'spam" to a folder called
Junk email
$mailboxes = Get-mailbox -organizationalUnit test
$mailboxes | % { }
$mailboxes | % { New-inboxrule -Name Junk -mailbox $_.alias
-subjectcontainswords "[spam]" -movetofolder "$($_.alias):\Junk
Email" }