STIGUI
V-228379CAT III — Low severitySV-228379r879650_rule

Exchange Mail quota settings must not restrict receiving mail.

Rule version EX16-MB-000310 · STIG v2 · 2023-12-18

Discussion

Mail quota settings control the maximum sizes of a user’s mailbox and the system’s response if these limits are exceeded. Mailbox data that is not monitored against a quota increases the risk of mail loss due to filled disk space, which can also render the system unavailable.

Failure to allow mail receipt may impede users from receiving mission-critical data.

Check

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Get-MailboxDatabase | Select Name, Identity, ProhibitSendReceiveQuota

If the value of "ProhibitSendReceiveQuota" is not set to "Unlimited", this is a finding.

or

If the value of "ProhibitSendReceiveQuota" is set to an alternate value and has signoff and risk acceptance in the EDSP, this is not a finding.

Fix

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity <'IdentityName'> -ProhibitSendReceiveQuota Unlimited

Note: The <IdentityName> value must be in single quotes.

or

Enter the value as identified by the EDSP that has obtained a signoff with risk acceptance.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-228379
Group title
SRG-APP-000246
Rule ID
SV-228379r879650_rule
Check ID
C-30612r496933_chk
Fix ID
F-30597r496934_fix