Auto-forwarded messages insight in the Security & Compliance Center
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Applies to
- Exchange Online Protection
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 plan 1 and plan 2
- Microsoft 365 Defender
The Auto-forwarded messages insight in the Mail flow dashboard in the Security & Compliance Center displays information about messages that are automatically forwarded from your organization to recipients in external domains.
Auto-forwarded messages details
When you click the number of messages in the widget, a flyout pane appears that shows more information about the auto-forwarded messages:
Auto-forwarded messages by forwarding methods:
- By mail flow rules
- By Inbox rules
- By SMTP forwarding: This method indicates automatic forwarding that admins can configure on a mailbox as described in Configure email forwarding for a mailbox.
- A link to the Forwarding report for more details.
Auto-forwarded messages by domains and users:
- Top 5 domains forwarded to
- New domains (last week)
- Top 5 forwarding users
- New users (last week)
- A link to the Forwarding modifications report for more details.
Insights
Two insights are generated based on the report data:
See also
For information about other insights in the Mail flow dashboard, see Mail flow insights in the Security & Compliance Center.