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Forward E2K mail to Internet mail addr?

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by scifiman 1 view

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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 I accomplish the same thing in Exchange 2000 on the server side? I don't really 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 and only check emails at their ISP.

I would assume this is pretty common requirement but I don't see how to do it. I can forward toother accounts within Exchange, but not to an outside Internet email address. Can anyone explain (in reasonalble detail) how to do this? Thanks!!!

David

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by billc124

You need to set this up using the Rules wizard in Outlook Client. A rule that forwards mail to another address runs on the server, but it is setup on the client end. Rules that only run in Outlook say (client only) after them. Try it for one and make sure it works, I have a rule that does what you want setup and it works when I am home on the weekends.

Hope this Helps.

by rlevesque

David,

I havent had much experience with E2K, but in 5.5, you can set up a remote or custom receipient. if you don't actually need a physical mailbox for that person, create a remote or custom recipient, and the first thing it asks for, is the internet address. once you enter in xxx@aol.com, you then get the same general page asking for first, last name, display name, etc...

Then anyone sending emails to xxx@yourdomain.com, gets forwarded automatically to xxx@aol.com

Like I said, I am100% more familiar with 5.5 than 2000, but I would be dumbfounded if that was taken away. Hope this helps,

Richard

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