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How to forward messages from my exchange account to an external...

How to forward messages from my exchange account to an external email address.

In order to create forwarding from your exchange account to an external one you need to do the following:

1. Log in to your VI Office Portal http://portal.app.vi.net

2. Click your User Space i.e. ExchangeUnlimitedPlan

3. To enter your Hosted Organization, click Hosted Organization in Hosting Space Menu located on top left of your screen.

4. To configure your Organization click your Organization Name i.e. vipc01

5. Click Contacts.

6. Click 'Create New Contact'.

7. Type in the Display Name and the external email address where you would like your emails to be forwarded.

8. Click 'Save Changes'

9. Go to Mailboxes and choose the user for who you would like to set up the forwarding.

10. Click 'Mail Flow Settings'.

11. Tick on 'Enable Forwarding' and click the address book icon next to 'Forward To:' to choose the external contact email.

12. Choose the email address to which you would like to forward the emails.

13. If you would like to also keep the messages in your exchange mailbox, tick on 'Deliver messages to both forwarding address and mailbox' and click 'Save'