Command to Modify Distribution Group

Dear All
Here i have an scenario
I have a distribution group called Messaging Team
I have 10 members in that distribution group
If one user who is member of distribution group sends an announcement to the same distribution group he should not get this email in his inbox.
I know this is the default behavior of the distribution group it works . But there is a work around for this to setup filters in recipient shell commands.
I want to know the command to setup the filter for the distribution group when the sender sends the email who is member of distribution group he should not get the message.
Any help is highly appreciated.
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Hi Winnie
I completely understand this is the default behavior of the distribution group it works . But im looking for a work
around for this to setup filters through recipient shell commands.
Source of information
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/b91fc300-d5d5-41e0-8334-6df050a7c111/i-get-a-copy-of-all-emails-i-send-to-a-distribution-group-if-im-a-member?forum=exchange2010
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Hi,
Based on my knowledge, the recipient filter can be used to create distribution group. I don't know whether the recipient filter can be used to filter message recipients during the message sending or transport. And there is no reference for this workaround.
There is no feature in Exchange to achieve your requirement directly. It is a requirement for all distribution groups when any group members send messages to the group. Maybe we can use codes to send message, then filter the recipients based on the distribution
group to have a try.
Regards,
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