Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2011-03-19

You can use the EMC or the Shell to remove a Receive connector in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Receive connectors accept e-mail messages from the Internet and from remote e-mail systems that require specific configuration options.

Caution:
Deleting a Receive connector may affect mail flow throughout the organization. Make sure you understand how the Receive connector is being used before you remove it.

Looking for other management tasks related to connectors? Check out Managing Connectors.

What Do You Want to Do?

Use the EMC to remove a Receive connector

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Receive connectors" entry in the Transport Permissions topic.

  1. Perform one of the following:

    • To remove an existing Receive connector on an Edge Transport server, in the console tree, select Edge Transport, and then click the Receive Connectors tab.

    • To remove an existing Receive connector on a Hub Transport server, expand Server Configuration in the console tree, and select Hub Transport. In the result pane, select the server that has the Receive connector that you want to remove, and then click the Receive Connectors tab.

  2. In the work pane, select the Receive connector to remove.

  3. Under the name of the Receive connector in the action pane, click Remove.

  4. A message appears asking "Are you sure you want to remove selected Receive connector?" Click Yes.

Use the Shell to remove a Receive connector

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Receive connectors" entry in the Transport Permissions topic.

Use the Remove-ReceiveConnector cmdlet to remove a Receive connector. This example removes the Receive connector Connection from Contoso.com.

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Remove-ReceiveConnector "Connection from Contoso.com"

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Remove-ReceiveConnector.