[Pc_Support] email aliases

[Jim Wharton]

On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 21:43 -0500, Jesse Goerz wrote:
>On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 12:59, Jim Wharton wrote:
>> On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 05:35 -0500, Jesse Goerz wrote:
>> >Does anyone know how to create an email alias in Exchange that will
>> >allow more than one recipient?  i.e. all mail to root will go to bob,
>> >tom, and frank.  
>> >
>> >Jesse
>> >
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>> 
>> Just create a Distribution List (DL) Then right click on it in Active
>> Directory Users and Computers(Start-->Run-->dsa.msc), click on
>> Properties, click the email tab and add a new SMTP address. 
>> 
>> Let me know if I am not being clear enough.
>
>I ended up creating a group and selected "distribution" as the (I think
>it was) type.  Then I just made sure it created a mailbox for this group
>and added members.  Is this what you meant and is this the "proper" way
>to do this?  It does work so no response is necessary.  
>
>Thanks,
>Jesse
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Exactly. I have a group named IT Staff. All mail destined for
root at acpafl.org goes to us. (we use Exchange on the inside.) All the
linux boxen email cron/logs/info/etc to root. So I have a ton of email
every morning.

-Jim