When email is forwarded automatically to a mail contact (individual with internal and external email addresses) any attachments are being stripped but if the originator sends the email directly to the mail contact, the attachment arrives. Anybody got any ideas. I am sure this is a configuration issue but I have no clue where to ever start.

How long its been happening? Any Anti Virus on the server? What kind of attachment is it? You should check the Firewall.Gulab | MCTS-MCITP Messaging: 2010 | MCTS-MCITP Messaging: 2007 | MCC 2011 | Skype: Gulab.Mallah

Hi How do you set up the forward rule? Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Try disabling usemapirichtext on the contact. Set-MailContact -Identity contact -usemapirichtextformat neverJames Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

1. "When email is forwarded automatically to a mail contact (individual with internal and external email addresses) any attachments are being stripped" 2. "if the originator sends the email directly to the mail contact, the attachment arrives." Based on the above, setting usemapirichtextformat to never should resolve your issue. John