Searching anti-spam agent logs

Exchange 2010 hub and edge transport servers are capable of using several anti-spam agents to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail messages that enter your organization. All anti-spam activity is logged by transport servers, and this data can be used to troubleshoot issues and generate reports. In this recipe, you'll learn how to search the anti-spam agent logs using the Exchange Management Shell.

How to do it...

The Get-AgentLog cmdlet can be used to parse the anti-spam agent logs. To find all log entries for a particular agent, filter the output based on the Agent property:

Get-AgentLog | ?{$_.Agent -eq 'Content Filter Agent'}

When running this command in a busy environment, you may get back a large number of results, ...

Get Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.