If the user's account is disabled, you may not be able to deliver mail. Older installations had that problem, but it may work for you (had mixed results in the past, had to do with the rights and useraccountcontrol when disabling; test it to be sure).
If the account is deleted, then nothing holds the SMTP address for delivery. You need a mailbox-enabled object for this to work the way you have it. If you decide that a reply is not needed, you can always change the setup to something non-security related such as a DG or contact. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan DeStefano Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Exchange Mail Forwarding Thanks. What about the rules still applying if the user's account is disabled? What about if the account is deleted, but the mailbox kept? Dan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Exchange Mail Forwarding I like to shoot the departing users, but my HR says that's not something I should tell outsiders about. <G> Seriously, the way you're doing it is about the only way you can do it because there is no easy way to get an auto-reply server side ( you could write code, but..) That's best done via the client. If not for that, you *could* put the SMTP addr as a secondary on a DL that included the two other mailboxes. Or PF, or contact, or whatever mailbox/mail-enabled object you wanted and remove the users mailbox. Al -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan DeStefano Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Exchange Mail Forwarding We have a W2k AD domain with Exchange 2000. I am an Exchange novice. I have a user who has recently left the company and need his e-mail forwarded to 2 different users. The way I have done this is by setting up a rule using the user's Outlook profile that forwards all messages to these two users and also replies to the sender with a message that the user is no longer with the company and who to send future e-mails to. I am not too happy with this solution as I believe there may be a way to set this up on the Exchange server itself. However, I have only found how to forward the user's e-mail to another user's mailbox, but not to multiple mailboxes or to a distribution group and no way to create the auto-reply. My questions are: Is it possible to set this up on the server without having to use the client's Outlook? What about the auto-reply message? I would like to disable the user's domain account for security reasons. If I do, will the user's mailbox still receive messages and will the Outlook rules still work? What are the commonly-accepted procedures for dealing with departing users? I would greatly appreciate any help that can be provided. Dan DeStefano List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
