Forwarding Mail in Exchange Server 2007 / 2010

This should be pretty elementary to anyone who has used exchange and active directory before, but I got asked this morning so I thought I'd put it up.


Adding A Contact To Exchange 2007

1. Add a contact to Active Directory (E.G Tagtronics Support)
2. Open up exchange management console
3. Under "Recipient Configuration" you will see "Mail Contact" click on mail contact and you will see the mail contact wizard.
4. Under "Actions" click on "New Mail Contact"
5. Check the box "Existing Contact" and click on browse, select the contact you wish to add as a exchange forwarding address
6. Click on next and enter a valid SMTP address (E.G. me@myblog.com)
7. Click on next and then click Finnish

Configuring Mail Forwarding Exchange 2007

1. Under "Recipient Configuration" you will see "Mailbox"
2. Double click on the mailbox you would like to configure forwarding for
3. Click on the "Mail Flow Settings" tab and double click on "Delivery Options"
4. Tick Box "Forward To" and "Deliver Messages To Both Forwarding Address And Mailbox"
5. Click Browse and select the contact you added in section 1.
6. Click "OK", "Apply" and "OK" again.

Your email forwarding has now been set