IPRelayUpdateAutomation

• IPRelayUpdateAutomation
  • Overview
  • Features
  • How to Use
  • Requirements

Overview

This script was created to automate the process of updating the SMTP relay list on our servers. It is a PowerShell script that creates a text file with the IP addresses of the SMTP relays, copies the file to each server, and starts the task on the server. The task runs a VBScript that imports the IP.txt file, and updates the SMTP relay server list. The VBScript was adapted from How to import a list of IP addresses into a Microsoft SMTP relay server

Features

• Creates an update text file with allowed IP addresses.
• Copies the file to each server
• Starts the task on the server

How to set up

• On each SMTP server
  • Put a copy of the importRelayList-Update.vbs
  • Use the UpdateSMTPRelay.xml templat to create a scheduled task to run the VBScript
• On you jumpbox or automation server
  • Put the ProvisionAndDeprovisionSMTP.ps1
  • Update notated locations in the script for your environment

How to Use

1. Run the PowerShell script with parameters example

.\ProvisionAndDeprovisionSMTP.ps1 -IpAddress "192.100.10.5" -SubnetMask "255.255.255.255" -AddOrRemove Add

2. The PowerShell script will create the IP.txt file, copy it to each server, and start the task on the server
3. The task starts script importRelayList-Update.vbs that imports the updated IP.txt file, and replaces the existing allowed IP relay list.

Requirements

• PowerShell v3 or higher