new ways to do old tricks
Anyone have ideas on how to do this in 2K server?
Creating pass-through aliases
Recipients in your organization who relay mail to outside recipients have probably asked you to create mailboxes for this purpose. They’ve probably also asked you to implement a rule that forwards all the mail these mailboxes receive to the Internet address for someone else. This allows the outside recipient to receive mail as though he or she is actually a recipient in your own organization.
While a mailbox is useful for this purpose, it’s not necessarily the best tool for the job. As an administrator, you should strive to keep the number of mailboxes in your organization to an absolute minimum. If you only need to pass mail sent to one Internet address to another, it’s better to create a pass-through alias. Here’s how:
Create a Custom Recipient entry that points to the outside recipient’s Internet address.
Open the Custom Recipient Properties sheet and selectthe E-mail Addresses tab.
Click the New… button and add an Internet address that follows the naming convention at your company (e.g., recipient@mycompany.com).
Now when your Exchange Server receives mail addressed to recipient@mycompany.com, it will send the messages to the Internet address specified in the Custom Recipient entry