Storage Quota Warning messages that are sent to the user will bypass the restriction if a user configures an auto-forward rule or an auto-reply rule to send e-mail messages to a restricted distribution group

Consider the following scenario:

• In a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 environment, the user configures an auto-forward rule or an auto-reply rule to send e-mail messages to a restricted distribution group (DG).
• The user does not have permission to send e-mail messages to that restricted DG.

In this scenario, any Storage Quota Warning messages sent to the user will bypass this restriction. Then the Storage Quota Warning messages will be delivered to the restricted DG.

Storage Quota Warnings are currently not treated as Delivery Status Notification messages. Instead they are treated as System Messages. This behavior occurs because all the message attributes are copied from the original message to the forward or reply message.This includes the PR_CONTENT_IDENTIFIER. The PR_CONTENT_IDENTIFIER identifies the message as an ExSysMessage type (System Message) when the rule is proceeding with the message. In the Categorizer component, where restrictions are checked, System Messages automatically bypass any restriction check. Therefore the Storage Quota Warning message is delivered to the DG.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

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Prerequisites

This hotfix requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 to be installed on the server because of file dependencies.
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Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix. However, the following services are restarted automatically when you apply this hotfix:

• The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service
• The Microsoft Search service
• The Internet Information Services (IIS) Admin Service and all dependent services

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The P1 version of this P2 has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.