Resume-MalwareFilterRecoveryItem Exchange cmdlet issued (25606) how to monitor with email alert

[bob]

That event, the one with ID 25606, it shows up in Event Viewer when somebody fires off the Resume-MalwareFilterRecoveryItem cmdlet in Exchange. Basically, it means the system's letting those quarantined emails or attachments back into play after they got snagged by the malware filter. You know, like when an email's held back because it looks sketchy, and then an admin decides it's safe enough to resume processing. It logs the details right there, who issued it, what item got resumed, and the timestamp, all under the Microsoft-Exchange-Mailflow/Operational log usually. I check it sometimes just to see if anyone's poking around with filtered stuff without telling the team. Happens more than you'd think during busy days.

And monitoring it for alerts, yeah, you can set that up easy through Event Viewer itself. Just open it up on your server, head to the Action pane, and pick Attach Task To This Event Log or something close. Filter for event ID 25606 in that Exchange log, then build a scheduled task that triggers on it. Make the task run a simple program to shoot off an email, like using the built-in SendMail or whatever your setup has. You tweak the triggers to watch for that specific ID, and boom, every time it happens, you get pinged. I do this for a few events myself, keeps things from sneaking by unnoticed.

Or, if you want it hands-off, there's ways to automate the email part fully. But hey, at the end of this, you'll see the automatic email solution laid out, though it'll get added in later for now.

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Note, the PowerShell email alert code was moved to this post.