Hi everyone,

I'm testing to create an auto forward rule from user's OWA, forward all incoming mails to addresses in the outside world (Yahoo, Gmail, ...). It does not work at all.

I digged deeper and find out that "... When a mailbox is created, the value of the DeliverToMailboxAndForward parameter is set to $false by default", so I run the following command in Exchange PowerShell:

Set-Mailbox -Identity "MailboxName" -DeliverToMailboxAndForward $true
No error returned. But the auto forward rule still didn't work.
When I use the Admin EAC to look at the recipient properties/mailbox features/forwarding address, there's an option to enable forwarding , but only to internal accounts/pre-created contacts.
Is Exchange Server 2013 restricted the ability that allows normal users create auto forward rules?
We are using Exchange Server 2013 CU1.
Any idea would be highly appreciated. Thank you!

I think you have already found an article you needed. A sample command for you would like:

Set-Mailbox -DeliverToMailboxAndFoward:$True -ForwardingAddress someone@hotmail.com

Check the remote domain settings and see whether allow auto forward is enabled.

Hi Milind,

Actually I've already try that command before posting this thread, as you can see in my 1st post. It will tell you this:

Couldn't find object "someone@hotmail.com". Please make sure that it was spelled correctly or specify a different object.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-Mailbox], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : E70B022C,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.SetMailbox
    + PSComputerName        : MAILSERVER.abc.com

I think Remote Domain settings is the answer. Still need some more time to figure out.

Hi Rajith,

As far as I concerned, in EAC there's no way you can enable "allow auto forward" for domain wide, just for each user. And it can only be use to forward to another user in the same domain, not to the external. May be you're talking about Exchange PowerShell or something?

Regards,

Tu9a2

Hi Rajith,

Here's the command I used:

Set-RemoteDomain * -AutoForwardEnabled $true

After that, the auto forward rule runs well. You also will have to enable Auto Reply if you need to use that function.

Thank you,

Tu9a2