Exchange 2013 | Email Forwarding

Email Forwarding

Sometimes we need to forward an email account to another account.
For example when a user is OOO, or when a user leaves the company and sombady else needs to receive the emails that sent to the first one.

So, in order to setup that we have 2 choices.

1. Using Power Shell
2. Using EAC (Exchange Admin Center)

1- Using Power Shell

This example forwards all email sent to the mailbox of Ken Sanchez to pilarp@contoso.com.

Set-Mailbox -Identity "Ken Sanchez" -ForwardingAddress "pilarp@contoso.com"

This example delivers email to the mailbox of Dan Park and at the same time forwards all mail sent to Dan Park to danpark.parents@fineartschool.net.

Set-Mailbox -Identity "Dan Park" -ForwardingAddress "danpark.parents@fineartschool.net" -DeliverToMailboxAndForward $true

When a mailbox is created, the value of the DeliverToMailboxAndForward parameter is set to $false by default. When you use the EAC to configure mail forwarding, this value isn't changed. This means that email sent to the user's mailbox is sent to the forwarding address and not copied to the user's mailbox. If you want messages to be delivered to both the mailbox and the forwarding address, you have to set the DeliverToMailboxAndForward parameter to $true.

2- Using EAC (Exchange Admin Center)

1. In the EAC, navigate to Recipients > Mailboxes.
2. In the list of user mailboxes, click the mailbox that you want to configure mail forwarding for, and then click Edit .
3. On the mailbox properties page, click Mailbox Features.
4. Under Delivery Options, click View details to view or change the setting to forward email messages sent to the user to another recipient.
5. Select the Enable forwarding check box and then click Browse.
6. On the Select Mail User and Mailbox page, select a recipient to whom you want to forward all email messages that are sent to this mailbox.
7. Click OK, and then click Save to save your changes.