Transport rule

Question

Hi All,I have an external domain, let's say contoso.com. All emails from this domain and its subdomains should reach all my users' Focused Inbox, not the Other Inbox. This requirement applies only to this domain and its subdomains, not to any other domains. I came across this article, and I'm wondering if the following transport rule will work for me

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/setup/configure-focused-inbox?view=o365-worldwide#use-the-ui-to-create-a-transport-rule-to-direct-email-messages-to-the-focused-view-for-all-your-users

New-TransportRule -Name "Bypass Focused Inbox for contoso.com domain" -FromAddressMatchesPatterns "@contoso\.com$|@.*\.contoso\.com$" -SetHeaderName "X-MS-Exchange-Organization-BypassFocusedInbox" -SetHeaderValue "true"

Answer 1

Hi @Glenn Maxwell,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A platform!

Yes, the transport rule you mentioned should work to ensure that emails from the contoso.com domain and its subdomains reach your users' Focused Inbox.

Here is a breakdown of the rule:

1. Name: The rule is named "Bypass Focused Inbox for contoso.com domain".
2. FromAddressMatchesPatterns: This specifies the email addresses the rule applies to, which include @contoso.com and any subdomain of contoso.com (indicated by @.*\.contoso\.com$).
3. SetHeaderName: This sets a specific header (X-MS-Exchange-Organization-BypassFocusedInbox).
4. SetHeaderValue: This sets the value of the header to true, which directs the emails to the Focused Inbox.

So, the command you provided:

New-TransportRule -Name "Bypass Focused Inbox for contoso.com domain" -FromAddressMatchesPatterns "@contoso\.com$|@.*\.contoso\.com$" -SetHeaderName "X-MS-Exchange-Organization-BypassFocusedInbox" -SetHeaderValue "true" 

is set up correctly to achieve your goal.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries.

Best,

Jake Zhang