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Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Exchange Mail Quota settings must not restrict receiving mail.

    Mail quota settings control the maximum sizes of a user’s mailbox and the system’s response if these limits are exceeded. Mailbox data that is not monitored against a quota increases the risk of ma...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Exchange Message size restrictions must be controlled on Receive connectors.

    Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning configurations. For message size restrictions, multiple places exist to set or override inbound or outbound ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Exchange Send connectors delivery retries must be controlled.

    This setting controls the rate at which delivery attempts from the home domain are retried and user notifications are issued and notes the expiration time when the message will be discarded. If ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • The Exchange Outbound Connection Limit per Domain Count must be controlled.

    Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuration controls the maximum number of simultaneous outbound connections from a d...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Exchange Internal Receive connectors must not allow anonymous connections.

    This control is used to limit the servers that may use this server as a relay. If a Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) sender does not have a direct connection to the Internet (for example, an a...
    Rule Medium Severity

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