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Safe Attachments Bypass Rule

Below are the steps to set up a mail flow rule to bypass Safe Attachments Processing.

  1. Create a new mail flow rule in your Microsoft 365 Exchange admin center.
  2. Give the rule a name, e.g. Bypass Safe Attachments.
  3. Click More Options.
  4. From the 'Apply this rule if…' drop-down, select The senders then select IP address is in any of these ranges or exactly matches
  5. Enter our IP addresses. Please see IP Addresses for the most up-to-date list of our IP addresses.
  6. From the 'Do the following…' drop-down, select Modify the message properties... and then set a message header.
    • Click the first *Enter text... link and set the message header to:
      • X-MS-Exchange-Organization-SkipSafeAttachmentProcessing
    • Click the second *Enter text... link and set the value to:
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  7. To finish, click Save