instead of creating a user called sales and forwarding to outside contact, you could create a distribution group called sales and have the only member as the contact record for the external person you created in ADUC. -----Original Message----- From: Jesus Gonzales [mailto:jlgonzales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Fri 9/19/2003 3:15 PM To: [ExchangeList] Cc: Subject: [exchangelist] Createing a externally forwarding Alias http://www.MSExchange.org/ I have the need to create an email alias i.e. sales@xxxxxxxxxxxx which simply forwards to an outside address i.e. salesguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Currently the only way I know to do this is create a mailbox in exchange 2000 by creating an AD user. Then creating a contact with the outside address. And finally forwading the mail to the contact. I feel that this is a security hole as an unneeded user account exists that can be comprimised. Any ideas. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: mliddekee@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-exchangelist-1584529U@xxxxxxxxxxxxx