Mail-Enable an Existing Contact

Applies to: Exchange Server 2010

You can mail-enable an existing contact object in Active Directory by populating its Exchange attributes (such as the contact's alias and external e-mail address).

Looking for other management tasks related to managing mail contacts and mail users? Check out Managing Mail Contacts and Mail Users.

Use the EMC to mail-enable an existing mail contact

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Mail contacts" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

1. In the console tree, expand Recipient Configuration, and then click Mail Contact.
2. In the action pane, click New Mail Contact. The New Mail Contact wizard appears.
3. On the Introduction page, click Existing contact, and then click Browse.
4. In Select Contact, select the contact that you want to mail-enable, click OK, and then click Next.
5. On the Contact Information page, complete the following fields:

   • Specify the organizational unit rather than using a default one Select this check box to select an organizational unit (OU) other than the default (which is the recipient scope). If the recipient scope is set to the forest, the default value is set to the Users container in the Active Directory domain that contains the computer on which the Exchange Management Console is running. If the recipient scope is set to a specific domain, the Users container in that domain is selected by default. If the recipient scope is set to a specific OU, that OU is selected by default. To select a different OU, click Browse to open the Select Organizational Unit dialog box. This dialog box displays all OUs in the forest that are within the specified scope. Select the desired OU, and then click OK. To learn more about recipient scopes, see Understanding Recipient Scope.

   • First name   This read-only box displays the first name of the contact.

   • Initials   This read-only box displays the initials of the contact.

   • Last name   This read-only box displays the last name of the contact.

   • Name   This read-only box displays the name of the contact that's listed in Active Directory. This name may be different than the first and last names.

   • Alias   Use this box to type a unique alias (64 characters or less) for the contact. This field is required.

   • External e-mail address   To specify the external e-mail address, perform one of the following tasks:
     To specify an SMTP e-mail address, click Edit. In the SMTP address dialog box, type the SMTP e-mail address.

     Note

     Exchange validates SMTP addresses for proper formatting. If your entry is inconsistent with the SMTP format, an error message is displayed when you click OK.

     To specify a custom e-mail address, click the arrow next to Edit, and then click Custom Address. In the Custom Address dialog box, use the E-mail address box to type the e-mail address and the E-mail type box to specify the e-mail type. For example, you can specify an X.400, GroupWise, or Lotus Notes address.

6. On the New Mail Contact page, review your configuration settings. To make changes, click Back. To create the mail-enabled contact, click New. Click Cancel to close the wizard without mail-enabling the contact.
7. On the Completion page, review the following, and then click Finish to close the wizard:
   • A status of Completed indicates that the wizard completed the task successfully.
   • A status of Failed indicates that the task wasn't completed. If the task fails, review the summary for an explanation, and then click Back to make any configuration changes.

Use the Shell to mail-enable an existing mail contact

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Mail contacts" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example mail-enables the existing mail contact Ellen Adams.

Enable-MailContact -Identity EllenAdams -ExternalEmailAddress EllenAdams@Contoso.com

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Enable-MailContact.