Auto forwarding email
Is it possible to have all incomming email for an exchange mailbox, get forwarded automatically to an exch 2003 mailbox at another site thats not connected at all.
Well i think he is asking for "ALL" incoming email. Wouldn't an SMTP connecter based on all emails forward to an IP of his choice. I do agree with you Simon 100%.
just to be clear
jag
just to be clear
jag
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Simon,
I think that's what I'll try and setup, and post results later.
I do however have a related question... Will any of the bcc lines get stripped out when the mail is forwarded?
Lets say an email was sent TO: john@hotmail.com and BCC: user@mydomain.com. What will the 'TO: line' read when its forwarded? Will it be john@hotmail.com or user@mydomain.com? When it gets forwarded to user@myotherdomain.com will it lose any email fields?
Paul
I think that's what I'll try and setup, and post results later.
I do however have a related question... Will any of the bcc lines get stripped out when the mail is forwarded?
Lets say an email was sent TO: john@hotmail.com and BCC: user@mydomain.com. What will the 'TO: line' read when its forwarded? Will it be john@hotmail.com or user@mydomain.com? When it gets forwarded to user@myotherdomain.com will it lose any email fields?
Paul
Exchange uses the SMTP engine to forward at that point. So if you were sent the message on the BCC then you should still get it. The actual header of the message doesn't change.
Simon.
Simon.
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Thanks Simon,
After considering your first comment above, AND your notes on mail enabled contacts ( http://www.amset.info/exchange/contacts.asp ) it looks like I have 2 options;
1. Create an AD user and Exch mailbox. Create a Mail enabled contact with a single smtp email address, being the external one. Configure mail to be forwarded to the contact. The mailbox will grow in size
2. Create a mail enabled contact with 2 smtp addresses (user@externaldomain.com, user@internaldomain.com) and mail will be recieved and simply go straight back out.
Does it matter which way to go?
Also, what if the mail enabled contact has more than one internal domain email address? For example John recieves mail for john@mydomain.com, sales@mydomain.com and also info@mydomain.com. Should all 3 address be entered for that contact, and then the one external address john@externaldomain.com ? To further confuse things, what if he has 3 internal email addresses and TWO external ones, can that be done all through a mail enabled contact?
After considering your first comment above, AND your notes on mail enabled contacts ( http://www.amset.info/exchange/contacts.asp ) it looks like I have 2 options;
1. Create an AD user and Exch mailbox. Create a Mail enabled contact with a single smtp email address, being the external one. Configure mail to be forwarded to the contact. The mailbox will grow in size
2. Create a mail enabled contact with 2 smtp addresses (user@externaldomain.com, user@internaldomain.com) and mail will be recieved and simply go straight back out.
Does it matter which way to go?
Also, what if the mail enabled contact has more than one internal domain email address? For example John recieves mail for john@mydomain.com, sales@mydomain.com and also info@mydomain.com. Should all 3 address be entered for that contact, and then the one external address john@externaldomain.com ? To further confuse things, what if he has 3 internal email addresses and TWO external ones, can that be done all through a mail enabled contact?
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Create a mail enabled contact in ADUC for the external address.
The go in to the Properties of the mailbox, choose "Exchange General", then the "Delivery Options" button. You can enable forwarding there - choosing the mail enabled contact that you just created.
Simon.