Bypass Mail Filtering Services

Phriendly Phishing emails may be blocked or generate false positive click events if you have a third-party mail filtering service, such as Symantec.cloud, Mimecast, and many others.

Configuring a connector smart host within Office 365 (O365) will allow Phriendly Phishing emails to be sent directly to your mail server bypassing your mail filtering service.

This article takes you through how to bypass any Mail Filtering Service:

How to find your Microsoft MX Record

  1. Go to your Microsoft 365 admin center https://admin.microsoft.com/ 
    or
    Direct Link (skip to step 3) https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home#/Domains

  2. Under Settings located within left-hand menu pane click Domains.

     

  3. Select your domain.

     

  4. Take note of the domain and Click on the DNS records tab. Locate the MX Record under Type > Points to Address or Value.
     

      Important

    You need Global Administrator to access your MX record.
    Take note of this value to provide to Phriendly Phishing Support team to do a config change.


How to set-up a Connector

  1. Access your Exchange admin center- https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/

    or

    Click direct link (skip to step 4) - https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/connectors

  2. On the left-hand menu pane, select Mail flow > Connectors > Add a Connector

  3. Select below options and Next

    • Connection From : Partner Organization
    • Connection to : Office 365

  4. Enter a Name for your connector > Next.
  5. Under Authenticating sent email, choose the radio button "By verifying that the IP Address.." Enter below IP Address and click Next

    54.252.116.154
    54.153.200.195
    52.63.70.98
    52.64.99.134
    UK only: 35.176.5.2


  6. Under Security Restrictions ensure to select Reject email messages if they aren't sent over TLS is ticked.
     
  7. Review Connector details and click Create Connector.

  Requirement

Now that you have created the connector, please reach out to Phriendly Phishing Support team with your MX Record. 

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