Use the Exchange Admin Center to set up email forwarding

Use the Exchange Admin Center to set up email forwarding

  1. In the EAC, go to Recipients > Mailboxes.

  2. In the list of user mailboxes, click the mailbox that you want to configure mail forwarding for. A display pane is shown for the selected user mailbox.

  3. Under Mailbox > Email forwarding, click the Manage email forwarding link.

  4. The Manage email forwarding display pane is shown. By default the Forward all emails sent to this mailbox setting is OFF. Turn it ON.

  5. Under Forwarding address text box, select the Search email button to find and choose an internal recipient to forward messages to. If you want to forward to an external address, then select Forward to an external email address and type in the external address.

  6. You can select the Deliver message to both forwarding address and mailbox option if you wish to keep a copy of the forwarded email.

  7. Click Save to save your changes. Click Close to exit from the Manage email forwarding display pane.


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