You use regular expressions. It's an arbitrary nine-digit number. Exchange 2007 supports that too. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandra K. Hemker Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:45 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: question We don't use the feature here yet. I just know that it does exist. I'm not sure how any system could detect it well without the dashes. _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Boza Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:16 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: question Out of curiousity - how well does it handle malformed SSNs? What I mean is, assuming it looks for strings formatted as : ###-##-#### But what happens if it is formatted as ######### ? I know Postini has some great capability - I'm just wondering how comprehensive the filtering of SSN's really works out to be. You know what they say, if you try to idiot-proof the system, someone will always build a better idiot. Rick On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Sandra K. Hemker <sanhem@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: We use POSTINI spam\virus filter which is a subscribed to service and they give you the ability to set up OUTBOUND content management where it will search outgoing email for SSN's. _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:09 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] question is there anybody out there using anything that would stop social security numbers from being emailed thru exchange 2003 thanks for your time in advance