Exchange Server Cookbook

5.11. Creating a Mail-Enabled Contact

Problem

You want to create a contact (or custom recipient, in Exchange 5.5 parlance) that can receive mail but that doesn't have a mailbox.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

1. Log on to any machine in your domain that has the Exchange management tools installed.

2. Open the ADUC snap-in (Users and Computers.msc).

3. Locate the domain and container in which you want to create the new contact.

4. Right-click the appropriate container and use the New → Contact command.

5. When the New Object - Contact dialog appears, fill in the appropriate fields (first name, last name, full name, initials, and display name), then click Next.

6. The New Object - Contact dialog will update so that it looks like Figure 5-3. If necessary, edit the alias and choose the administrative group where you want this contact to be expanded.

7. Click the Modify button. The New E-mail Address dialog box will appear. Select the address type (for most uses it will be SMTP), then click OK.

8. When the address properties dialog appears, enter the email address you want associated with the contact. For example, if your contact's external address is [e-mail], that's what you'd enter. Click OK, and then click Next.

9. Click Finish to create the contact.

Figure 5-3. Specifying the alias and email address for a mail-enabled contact

Using a command-line interface

To create a mail-enabled contact from the command ...