for forwardingan email from Exchange2008to external email (ex:gmail)whenI am creating the contactobject in AD, the object does not have "Next" tab tochoose. so I cant enter the email address. what shouldI do?

There is no version of exchange named as exchange 2008. It will be either exchange 2003 or 2007. Follow these steps to create a contact with GUI and Shell.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997220.aspxRaj

If you are mail-enabling an existing contact follow:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124237.aspxIf you are creating a new mail-enabled contact follow:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125258.aspx( You mean Exchange 2007, yes?)

yes

Tanks for your help.