G DATA Phishing Simulation
Whitelist IP addresses used by G DATA in the spam filter, Exchange Online (Office 365)
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Open the Microsoft 365 admin center. |
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Click on Security within the left side menu. Show screenshot
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Click on Exchange Message Tracking in the left side menu. This will take you to the Exchange Admin Center. Show screenshot
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Click on E-mail flow in the left side menu and then on Rules in the submenu that opens. Show screenshot
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Click on Add a rule. In the submenu that opens, select Create a new rule. Show screenshot
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For Apply this rule if… select The sender in combination with IP is in any of these ranges or exactly matches. Show screenshot
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Enter an IP address used by our campaign and click on Add. Repeat the process until all the necessary domains have been added. Finally, click on Save.
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Select Change message properties from the pull-down menu. Show screenshot
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Select Bypass spam filtering in the pull-down menu and click on Save. Show screenshot
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Click Next. |
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In the next window, make sure that the Rule mode is set to "Enforce" and select a severity level for this rule. Rule matches are grouped by severity in activity reports. The severity level is only a filter to ease the use of the reports. The severity level has no effect on the priority in which the rule is processed. The severity levels are:
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Click Next. Show screenshot
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Check the settings again in the next window and click on Finish. Show screenshot
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Your rule is then available in your rule overview. However, it is still deactivated. Click on the word Disabled and a new window will open on the right-hand side of the screen. Show screenshot
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Drag the status slider to Activated. Show screenshot
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The whitelisting of our IP addresses for the G DATA Phishing Simulation in the junk filter Exchange Online (Office 365) is now complete.
| Further information on creating rules can be found on the Microsoft Help at managing message flow rules in Exchange Online. |