Distribution List

I have installed Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003 R2 and have
successfully moved the mailboxes and public folders from Exchange 5.5 to it.
Now, here's my problem.

In Exchange 5.5, I had a mailbox setup with a general account ( e.g.
general@myhome.com ). This was setup on an Outlook 2000 Client to pull mail
from our ISP for this general account and forward to a distribution list
that was created on the 5.5 server ( e.g. General Forward ). In this
General Forward list there were two people in my office that needed to
receive these e-mail messages ( e.g. user1@myhome.com & user2@myhome.com ).

Now, I have tried to set this back up in 2003 and I get nothing. No
forward, no errors, nothing.

I have setup a distribution group in AD and assigned the two users to that
group. If I am reading correctly ( and at this point of my frustration,
it's very possible that I'm missing something ), when popmail is pulled with
the 2000 client, it should then be immediately forwarded to the users in the
distribution group.

Am I missing something here or is Exchange 2003 this difficult to setup to
do simple tasks?

Mike

Leif
Thu Jul 13 16:32:07 CDT 2006

Hi,

It should be easy enough. Have you tried to send an email from a local
address to this distribution list?

Are the mails stuck in the Outlook outbox?

Leif

<none> wrote in message news:%23T1H5AopGHA.2452@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I have installed Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003 R2 and have
> successfully moved the mailboxes and public folders from Exchange 5.5 to
> it.
> Now, here's my problem.
>
> In Exchange 5.5, I had a mailbox setup with a general account ( e.g.
> general@myhome.com ). This was setup on an Outlook 2000 Client to pull
> mail
> from our ISP for this general account and forward to a distribution list
> that was created on the 5.5 server ( e.g. General Forward ). In this
> General Forward list there were two people in my office that needed to
> receive these e-mail messages ( e.g. user1@myhome.com &
> user2@myhome.com ).
>
> Now, I have tried to set this back up in 2003 and I get nothing. No
> forward, no errors, nothing.
>
> I have setup a distribution group in AD and assigned the two users to that
> group. If I am reading correctly ( and at this point of my frustration,
> it's very possible that I'm missing something ), when popmail is pulled
> with
> the 2000 client, it should then be immediately forwarded to the users in
> the
> distribution group.
>
> Am I missing something here or is Exchange 2003 this difficult to setup to
> do simple tasks?
>
> Mike
>

none>
Fri Jul 14 10:11:47 CDT 2006

I can send mail from a local account ( one on the Exchange server ) to the
distirbution list and it does exactly what it is supposed to do. It
forwards on. If the mail is pulled from our ISP into Outlook 2K it does not
get forwarded on. Nothing is stuck in the Outlook outbox as I can send mail
from there also.

The only way I could get it to work properly was to setup a Rule in Outlook
2K to forward everything on to the distribution list. I know I didn't have
to do this before with 5.5 so I'm wondering if this has been removed or if I
have something setup improperly.

Thanks,

Mike
"Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <Leif.pedersenNO-SPAM@get2net.dk> wrote in message
news:u2SzNPspGHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> It should be easy enough. Have you tried to send an email from a local
> address to this distribution list?
>
> Are the mails stuck in the Outlook outbox?
>
> Leif
>
> <none> wrote in message news:%23T1H5AopGHA.2452@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I have installed Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003 R2 and have
>> successfully moved the mailboxes and public folders from Exchange 5.5 to
>> it.
>> Now, here's my problem.
>>
>> In Exchange 5.5, I had a mailbox setup with a general account ( e.g.
>> general@myhome.com ). This was setup on an Outlook 2000 Client to pull
>> mail
>> from our ISP for this general account and forward to a distribution list
>> that was created on the 5.5 server ( e.g. General Forward ). In this
>> General Forward list there were two people in my office that needed to
>> receive these e-mail messages ( e.g. user1@myhome.com &
>> user2@myhome.com ).
>>
>> Now, I have tried to set this back up in 2003 and I get nothing. No
>> forward, no errors, nothing.
>>
>> I have setup a distribution group in AD and assigned the two users to
>> that
>> group. If I am reading correctly ( and at this point of my frustration,
>> it's very possible that I'm missing something ), when popmail is pulled
>> with
>> the 2000 client, it should then be immediately forwarded to the users in
>> the
>> distribution group.
>>
>> Am I missing something here or is Exchange 2003 this difficult to setup
>> to
>> do simple tasks?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
>

Leif
Sat Jul 15 07:14:28 CDT 2006

Hi,

How did you try to forward the messages before?

You must create a rule or something that forwards the mails received by the
Outlook client to the distribution list.

Leif

<none> wrote in message news:u42KUf1pGHA.4216@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I can send mail from a local account ( one on the Exchange server ) to the
>distirbution list and it does exactly what it is supposed to do. It
>forwards on. If the mail is pulled from our ISP into Outlook 2K it does
>not get forwarded on. Nothing is stuck in the Outlook outbox as I can send
>mail from there also.
>
> The only way I could get it to work properly was to setup a Rule in
> Outlook 2K to forward everything on to the distribution list. I know I
> didn't have to do this before with 5.5 so I'm wondering if this has been
> removed or if I have something setup improperly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
> "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <Leif.pedersenNO-SPAM@get2net.dk> wrote in message
> news:u2SzNPspGHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> It should be easy enough. Have you tried to send an email from a local
>> address to this distribution list?
>>
>> Are the mails stuck in the Outlook outbox?
>>
>> Leif
>>
>> <none> wrote in message news:%23T1H5AopGHA.2452@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>I have installed Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003 R2 and have
>>> successfully moved the mailboxes and public folders from Exchange 5.5 to
>>> it.
>>> Now, here's my problem.
>>>
>>> In Exchange 5.5, I had a mailbox setup with a general account ( e.g.
>>> general@myhome.com ). This was setup on an Outlook 2000 Client to pull
>>> mail
>>> from our ISP for this general account and forward to a distribution list
>>> that was created on the 5.5 server ( e.g. General Forward ). In this
>>> General Forward list there were two people in my office that needed to
>>> receive these e-mail messages ( e.g. user1@myhome.com &
>>> user2@myhome.com ).
>>>
>>> Now, I have tried to set this back up in 2003 and I get nothing. No
>>> forward, no errors, nothing.
>>>
>>> I have setup a distribution group in AD and assigned the two users to
>>> that
>>> group. If I am reading correctly ( and at this point of my frustration,
>>> it's very possible that I'm missing something ), when popmail is pulled
>>> with
>>> the 2000 client, it should then be immediately forwarded to the users in
>>> the
>>> distribution group.
>>>
>>> Am I missing something here or is Exchange 2003 this difficult to setup
>>> to
>>> do simple tasks?
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>>
>
>