Setup email forwarding on exchange

Forward email to another email account. Manage email messages by using rules. For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the procedures in this topic, see Keyboard shortcuts in the Exchange admin center.

Having problems? Ask for help in the Exchange forums. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Note What if you want to forward emails to an email address outside your organization?

Let's see how it can be done. Configure Forwarding Open Exchange Admin Center and select the mailbox you need to forward the email to an external address. Open properties of the mailbox. Go to mailbox features and scroll down and click on View details under Mail Flow Tick Enable forwarding and click on Browse Select the newly created mail contact and click OK If you want to deliver emails to the mailbox as well please tick Deliver message to both forwarding address and mailbox.

We have to create an Outbound policy to allow that particular mailbox to forward to external addresses. Source here. Automatic forwarding should be enabled and specify the sender. Click Save Mailbox forwarding to an external email address has now been set in Office I have written articles to cover the Exchange administration on all versions of Exchange see below : Easy CSR creation in Exchange and higher versions.

Count Mailboxes in your organization in Exchange and higher versions. Block OutlookAnywhere Access to some users in Exchange and above versions. To clear certificate error and set URLs in Exchange Exchange Microsoft Outlook. You can use the new Exchange admin center EAC to set up email forwarding to a single internal recipient, a single external recipient using a mail contact , or multiple recipients using a distribution group.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the "Recipients" entry in the Feature permissions in Exchange Online article. 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. In the Manage mail flow settings display pane, you will see the Email forwarding option. Click the Edit button next to this option to view or change the setting for forwarding email messages. The Manage email forwarding display pane is shown. By default the Forward all emails sent to this mailbox setting is OFF.

Turn it ON. Under Forwarding address text box, enter the forwarding email address. The text box allows a search option for searching email addresses by partially entering the keyword. You can turn ON the Keep a copy of forwarded email in this mailbox option if you wish to keep a copy of the forwarded email. Click Save to save your changes. Click Close to exit from the Manage mail flow settings display pane. You can use the Classic Exchange admin center EAC to set up email forwarding to a single internal recipient, a single external recipient using a mail contact , or multiple recipients using a distribution group.

In the list of user mailboxes, click or tap the mailbox that you want to configure mail forwarding for, and then click or tap Edit. Under Mail Flow , select View details to view or change the setting for forwarding email messages.