>> 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. You and a lot of others. But, this is what you are stuck with for the time being. >> I would like to disable the user's domain account for security reasons Don't disable the account. In fact, don't disable ANY mail-enabled account. That creates problems for your Exchange. What you want to do is set a complex password for terminated accounts. Use a password generator to create random passwords that not even you can remember. When the user has been gone longer than your corporate policies mandate, then archive the mailbox, detach the mailbox, then disable or delete that account. >>What are the commonly-accepted procedures for dealing with departing users? It depends. Your corporate policies dictate that. Do you have a policy that says mailbox contents must be retained for this long? Do you have one that says never forward any corporate mailbox contents to external addresses? Things like these are formulated at the top (hopefully with IT input) and you just enforce. Sincerely,
Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dan DeStefano Sent: Tue 2/1/2005 9:23 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org 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/
