Exchange 2013 Inbox Rules

Hey Community,

some of our users create Inbox Rules and redirect messages to an external mail address.

If they send an E-mail from the external adress to the Mailbox to test the Rule, Exchange do not redirect  those messages.

It's seems that if the redirect To: Adress ist the Same as the arriving From: Address, Exchang do not process  the Rule:

I found somthing about Harmless Recipiant Loops, but i wonder that it is working if i set the Forwarding Smtp Adress via Powershel.

Set-mailbox john  -ForwardingSmtpAddress  john@company.de

an he try it again, the user get the message redirectet to john@company.de


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As example INBOX Rule

1) Mailbox John (john@exhange.de) has redirect rule (inbox rule)  to john@company.de

2) John send an E-mail from "John@company.de" to "John@exchange.de" the Rule do not Redirect the massage back to john.

3) If somone else send an mail to "John@exchange.de" the mail redirection works perfekt

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As example:  Inobox Rule

"John@company.de ---------------------------------------->John@exchange.de

                                                                                   InboxRule (Redirect is not Working)

John@company.de                                                      ### Nothing happen ###

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As example "Set-Mailbox"  forward via Powershell

"John@company.de ---------------------------------------->John@exchange.de

                                                                                    Set Forwarding Adress 

John@company.de<------------------------------------------ Recive own Mail back (working)

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Who could explain me the different, between?

AND please do not ask for sense ...

September 2nd, 2015 5:33am

Hi,

Where do you create the external mail contact? In exchange or in outlook?

If it's created in outlook, then it's by design for example 1.

And I prefer to using the Forwarding address in exchange.

Best Regards.

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September 3rd, 2015 3:54am

Hey,

thanks you for Reply.

The Rule is created with OWA/ECP and we do not use an Contact, the Adress ist typed directly in the To fiel.

Best Regards

September 3rd, 2015 3:58am

Hi Thilo,

did you followed this article of Microsoft ?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351134%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx

or you can try with this.

New-InboxRule mailbox userid -Name Forward joe@gmail.com to jane -MarkImportance high

Set-InboxRule -mailbox userid -identity Forward joe@gmail.com to Jane -FromAddressContainsWords {joe@gmail.com}

Set-InboxRule -mailbox userid -identity Forward joe@gmail.com to Jane -ForwardTo {jane@yahoo.com}

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best Regards

Jrg


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September 3rd, 2015 4:09am

Hi Jrg,

yes that ist working.

New-InboxRule mailbox userid -Name Forward joe@gmail.com to jane -MarkImportance high

Set-InboxRule -mailbox userid -identity Forward joe@gmail.com to Jane -FromAddressContainsWords {joe@gmail.com}

Set-InboxRule -mailbox userid -identity Forward joe@gmail.com to Jane -ForwardTo {jane@yahoo.com}

but that is not working. It is also not working if the Rule is applied without filter for  FromAddressContainsWords. And moving the E-Mail to an different folder or delete the Mail also work. Only an Forwarding or  Redirecting part of a Rule take no effekt). If "joe@gmail.com" is the sender.

New-InboxRule mailbox userid -Name Forward joe@gmail.com to joe@gmail.com -MarkImportance high

Set-InboxRule -mailbox userid -identity Forward joe@gmail.com to joe@gmail.com -FromAddressContainsWords {joe@gmail.com}

Set-InboxRule -mailbox userid -identity Forward joe@gmail.com to joe@gmail.com -ForwardTo {

If i set the ForwardingAddress  or  ForwardingSmtpAddress the redirect /forward  for joe@gmail.com to joe@gmail.com work.

We are using Exchange 2013 CU9. I belive it is a feature nor a bug.

Did an Inbox Rule for  UID  and " Forward  joe@gmail.com to joe@gmail.com" work in your envirement if joe@gmail.com sent an Mail?

Kind regards

September 3rd, 2015 8:44am

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