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Change primary email address on SBS exchange 2003 using script
I have a customer who has several email addresses and needs to change which email address is the primary when sending out email. He may need to do this several times a day. I understand from searching the net this is not possible with Outlook.
My question is it possible to have a script change the primary address in Active Directory. Ideally this script should be able to be run on the workstation, but its not a problem to run it on the server since he has admin access to server (very small company). He wants the all the email in one inbox so setting up separate accounts as suggested elsewhere is not an option.
I thought some powershell script my be possible.
My question is it possible to have a script change the primary address in Active Directory. Ideally this script should be able to be run on the workstation, but its not a problem to run it on the server since he has admin access to server (very small company). He wants the all the email in one inbox so setting up separate accounts as suggested elsewhere is not an option.
I thought some powershell script my be possible.
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tigermatt
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acroment's method is essentially the same as the method for using mailboxes which I posted. However, it misses one vital point; you have to set the appropriate Send As permissions on the group before you can use it in the 'From' line to send from the group.
-Matt
True - without the overhead of having a second mailbox which receives email seperately - which then you would need to create a second profile to access, use owa, or assign access permissions too, or train users on how to open another users mailbox... etc etc etc.
I don't think you need to set individual send-as permissions for a mail enabled group if the user is a member of the group they already have permissions (at least thats what has worked for me in the past).
-Eric
I don't think you need to set individual send-as permissions for a mail enabled group if the user is a member of the group they already have permissions (at least thats what has worked for me in the past).
-Eric
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Changing it on a one-off is not a problem; that is a one-time modification in Exchange. Changing it multiple times per day is beyond the scope of Exchange to do; such changes can take 30 minutes to an hour to actually take effect in Exchange.
My preferred route in this case is to create multiple mailboxes, one for each email address. Give the user's main user account permissions to 'Send As' each of those mailboxes. Finally, have each mailbox forward email to their main mailbox.
This way, they will still receive all email to their main Inbox, but can set the 'From' field when sending out to send from a different address.
There's also the dummy POP3 account method, but this is fiddly, troublesome and requires ugly client-side changes rather than being done at the server-level.
-Matt