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Forward E2K mail to Internet mail addr?

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by scifiman

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We have migrated from Imail to Exchange 2000 and I have about 80 people that were forwarding all their emails to their ISP account such as xxx@aol.com or xxx@yahoo.com. Previously the forwarding was defined on the server in their account profile.
How do accomplish the same thing in Exchange 2000 on the server side? I don't want to make a rule in Outlook, because I believe that the person would still need to bring up Outlook and hit the server before the rule would kick in and forward the emails. I need it to be active and working on the server all the time for those that never even use Outlook.

I assume this is pretty common but I don't see how to do it. I can forward to other accounts within Exchange, but not to an outside Internet email address. Can anyone explain how to do this? Thanks!!!

David

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by chris hirst

I am not using 2k but with 5.5 the way to do this is to setup a custom recipients (in a different container) with the ISP account(s), then set the mailbox to send mail to the alternate recipient (delivery options tab), You then hide the custom recipient from the address book (advanced tab).
I cannot see any reason why this would not work in E2k.

Hope this helps

Chris

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