Well - I guess it depends. Do you want the user to be able to get their mail from your server as well as the external source? The way we do these is that the user doesn't have a mailbox. They just have the custom recipient. Of course the trick to this is any filter you have on the IMC. Internal users can't send to this recipient unless they are able to send to the IMC. If you want the user to have their own inbox and get mail from both sources (I'm not sure why you would do this) you will probably want to just set up a rule on the mailbox to redirect all of the mail to the external address. The downside to this is that on the external and, it appears as if the e-mail was addressed directly to the external address and to no-one else. For instance, if it was sent to a group of people and cc'd to them as an FYI or whatever, it will look to them as if it was sent only to them. Does this all make sense? Thanks, Jared Teche Network Administrator SITEL Corporation jteche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 608-827-3862 SITEL IT, Information Technology at the speed of NOW!! -----Original Message----- From: Byron Kendrick [mailto:bkendrick@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 2:07 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Forwarding mail to an external server http://www.MSExchange.org/ Are you saying that the user needs to have 2 separate accounts, one being the regular account and the second pointing to the external system such as Hotmail? Byron Kendrick bkendrick@xxxxxxxxxxx Austin College Information Technology 900N Grand Ave Sherman, Texas 75090 Suite 61613 -----Original Message----- From: Jared Teche [mailto:jared.teche@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:37 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Forwarding mail to an external server http://www.MSExchange.org/ Create a Custom Recipient with the final e-mail address as the primary address, and then add an additional internet address for whatever the internal address should be. Jared Teche Network Administrator SITEL Corporation jteche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 608-827-3862 SITEL IT, Information Technology at the speed of NOW!! -----Original Message----- From: Byron Kendrick [mailto:bkendrick@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:58 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Forwarding mail to an external server http://www.MSExchange.org/ How do I forward mail for an internal account to an external mail account, such as a hotmail account? Is it done in the properties of the users account on Exchange 5.5? I read the instructions for 2000 and it isn't the same as 5.5. ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: jteche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: bkendrick@xxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: jteche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')