{"id":92,"date":"2015-07-21T21:36:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T13:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kylemcdonald.com.au\/?p=92"},"modified":"2018-08-14T00:36:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:36:30","slug":"remove-ip-from-exchange-relay-connectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kylemcdonald.com.au\/2015\/07\/21\/remove-ip-from-exchange-relay-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove IP from Exchange Relay Connectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A simple script to compliment <a href=\"http:\/\/kylemcdonald.com.au\/2014\/07\/01\/powershell-script-to-add-ips-to-exchange-2013-receive-connectors\/\">a previous post<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:ps decode:true \" title=\"Remove-RelayIP-Exchange2013.ps1\" >&lt;#\r\n.NAME\r\n   Remove-RelayIP-Exchange2013.ps1\r\n.DESCRIPTION\r\n   Powershell script that allows you to remove a single IP address from all Relay Receive Connectors in your Exchange environment.\r\n.PARAMETERS\r\n   None - execute directly from the Exchange Management Shell.\r\n.Version\r\n   0.1\r\n.Author\r\n   Kyle McDonald\r\n.Compatibility\r\n   Exchange 2013\r\n.Release Date\r\n   July 2014\r\n#&gt;\r\n\r\ncls\r\n \r\n$MailHost = \"mailhost.contoso.com\"\r\n \r\n# Text in Receive Connector name to filter on. Leave blank to apply to all Connectors\r\n# EG $RcvConnectorFilter = \"\"\r\n# EG $RcvConnectorFilter = \"relay\"\r\n$RcvConnectorFilter = \"relay\"\r\n \r\n# Check for an open connection to Exchange\r\n$OpenSession = Get-PSSession | Where-Object {$_.ComputerName -eq \"$MailHost\" -and $_.State -eq \"Opened\"} | select ComputerName -expandproperty ComputerName\r\nIF ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($OpenSession)) \r\n   {}\r\n   ELSE \r\n   { $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http:\/\/$MailHost\/PowerShell\/ -Authentication Kerberos ; Import-PSSession -disablenamechecking $Session }\r\n \r\n# Get all Receive Connectors\r\nWrite-Host \"\"\r\nWrite-Host \"Getting list of Receive Connectors...\"\r\nIF ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($RcvConnectorFilter)) \r\n   { $RcvConnectors = Get-ReceiveConnector | Select -ExpandProperty Identity }\r\n   ELSE \r\n   { $RcvConnectors = Get-ReceiveConnector | Where-Object {$_.Identity -like \"*$RcvConnectorFilter*\"} | Select -ExpandProperty Identity }\r\n \r\n# List Receive Connectors Found\r\nWrite-Host \"Receive Connectors Found:\" -ForegroundColor Cyan\r\n        foreach ($element in $RcvConnectors) {Write-Host $element}\r\n \r\n# Ask for IP that needs to be removed\r\nWrite-Host \"\"\r\n        $IPAddress = Read-Host \"Please enter the IP Address to remove from relay\"\r\n\r\n# Test IP is valid\r\n$pattern = '^(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)$'\r\n$IPOK = $IPAddress -match $pattern\r\nIF ($IPOK -eq $false) {\r\n    Write-Warning (\"IP Address {0} is not a valid IPv4 address.\" -f $IPAddress)\r\n        $IPAddressCont = \"n\"\r\n   }\r\n   ELSE\r\n   {Write-host \"IP Address\"$ipAddress \"is valid.\" -ForegroundColor Green\r\n   # Prompt to continue\r\n   Write-Host \"Are you sure you would like to remove \" -NoNewLine ; Write-Host $IPAddress -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewLine ; $IPAddressCont = Read-Host \" from the above receive connectors? (Y\/N)\"  \r\n   }\r\n \r\nWrite-Host \"\"\r\n        IF ($IPAddressCont -eq \"y\")\r\n        { Write-Host \"Starting ...\" -ForegroundColor Green\r\n        foreach ($element in $RcvConnectors) {\r\n                        Write-Host \"Removing IP Address:\" $IPAddress \" from \"$element -ForegroundColor Cyan\r\n                $Rcnn = Get-ReceiveConnector \"$element\"\r\n                $Rcnn.RemoteIPRanges -= $IPAddress\r\n                Set-ReceiveConnector \"$element\" -RemoteIPRanges $Rcnn.RemoteIPRanges\r\n                }\r\n        Write-Host \"Done!\" -ForegroundColor Cyan\r\n        }\r\n        ELSE\r\n        { Write-Host \"Stopping!\" -ForegroundColor Red }\r\n \r\n#Give the user a choice to run the script again\r\ndo { Write-Host \"\"\r\n   $userMenuChoice = read-host -prompt \"Would you like to do this again? (Y\/N)\"\r\n   } until ($userMenuChoice -eq \"y\" -or $userMenuChoice -eq \"n\")\r\n \r\n}\r\nwhile ($userMenuChoice -eq \"y\")\r\n# LoopMain End\r\nWrite-Host \"Bye!\"\r\nWrite-Host \"\"\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A simple script to compliment a previous post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Remove IP from Exchange Relay Connectors - Kyle McDonald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kylemcdonald.com.au\/2015\/07\/21\/remove-ip-from-exchange-relay-connectors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remove IP from Exchange Relay Connectors - 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