Custom filtering by AD group

[Yannick_FR]

Hiya,

Does anybody know if we can apply a custom filter rule base on an Active Directory group?

I have been looking all around the "Setting up Exchange Archiving" PDF but no luck. I am not sure it is possible as it is an AD attribute and not an Exchange one.
If you have any info it would be great.

Cheers,
Y.

[Rob_Wilcox1]

To be clear (for simple people like me !) .... are you wanting to journal a mail or delete a mail (or similiar) if the user [recipient?] is a member of group X?

[Yannick_FR]

I would like to journal a mail applying a Retention Category based on an AD Group. I know you can do it on Distribution List, per example if a recipient is member of a DL, then you can set a rule like this:

<RULE NAME='MyRuleName' ACTION="ARCHIVE_ITEM"  RETENTION="7 Years Retention Category for HR"
 <RECIPIENTS>
   <DL>DL_Applicable_Employees</DL>
 </RECIPIENTS>
  </RULE>

So everytime a mail get in with one recipient of more member of this  DL, then the mail get archive with the retention category set. 

But can you specify an AD security group instead of a distribution group/distribution list (exchange 2003)? in Exch2k7/Exch2010, I think DL's are separate from AD.
 

[Rob_Wilcox1]

99.9% sure it has to be a mail enabled group.. but you can mail enable a security group.

[Rob_Wilcox1]

I tried a mail enabled security group, and it worked.  I've not tried a regular security group.  You an check it out in the dtrace though .. search for "Custom Filter processing message", and then scroll through to the message you want to see activity on.