That method does work. It is key that the external address is the default address on the Email addresses tab AND is the email address listed on the Exchange general tab. If that is not the case then it causes an internal email loop (which Exchange catches thankfully). http://www.amset.info/exchange/contacts.asp Simon. -- Simon Butler MCP, MCSA, MVP:Exchange Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx w: www.amset-it.com w: www.amset.info ________________________________ From: ChongJa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ChongJa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 07 December 2005 17:29 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Soka|forward email setup q http://www.MSExchange.org/ Supposedly, what you can do is create a contact, give it it two smtp addresses, one for the fulano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and one for external fulano1@xxxxxxxxxx The external should be the primary SMTP (yahoo). I've never tested this but there are articles I've read that says this works. If this does work, the issue I see is if a user internal sends it email, you will get an error something to the effect; a configuration error between two servers cause this message...Test and let me know if it works externally and internally. ________________________________ From: Robert Lawson [mailto:rlawson@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:22 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: Soka|forward email setup q Hello All, We have an issue implementing email forwards that work internally and externally. The only way we have gotten this to work is to 1) add a contact for the personal email, 2) add an email enabled user account that forwards to the contact from step #1. We would like to know if others have found a way to achieve this without creating users with mailboxes. We want to offer an email forward to alumni. An alumni account, eg fulano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fulano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> , would forward to their personal email, eg fulano1@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:fulano1@xxxxxxxxx> . The fulano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fulano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> account should work when used on or off campus. We are an Exchange 2003 SP1 shop. Thanks, Robert Robert Lawson Senior Database Administrator/email administrator Soka University of America 1 University Drive Aliso Viejo, CA. 92656 main: 949.480.4000 fax: 949.480.4258 direct: 949.480.4224 rlawson@xxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: exchange-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx