open some elses mail

[fredstover]

Hi,

We had someone leave the company and thier manager want's to read/reply to the x employee's mail for a short time.

Can't find a way to do this?

Thanks,

Fred

 

[chriscj21]

Fred.....

Is the user's account (who has left the company) still active?

Add the SMTP address to manager's account....account will need to be active for this to work tho.


HTH



ChrisCj21

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[fredstover]

That didn't work, say's the email address already exists in the domain.

 

[chriscj21]

Where are you adding the SMTP address?

U should add the SMTP address for the user who has left to the Manager who needs access's exchange details in AD.

Let me know if this helps


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[fredstover]

That's how I tried, the only option is 'new'.

 

[chriscj21]

...and if you choose 'new' and add SMTP of other user you receive an error?



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[fredstover]

Yes.

'the email address already exists in the domain.'

 

[Davetoo]

Several of different ways to do this.

The easiest is to reset the employees password (if not known already) to something that the manager chooses, then have the manager just open up the mailbox using OWA.

Another way is to just open ADUC, make sure Advanced view is checked and then navigate to the employees account that left. Go to it's Properties, then Exchange advanced and choose Mailbox Rights. Add the manager and give them full rights to the mailbox. Then open the Outlook on the managers computer, go to Tools-Services-Microsoft Exchange Server-Properties and choose the Advanced tab. Click the Add and then simply add the mailbox of the employee that left. The employees mailbox will now be listed separately in the managers Outlook.

Chriscj21 - you have it backwards. To do what you're trying to do the account for the employee would need to have been removed from Exchange first. Then you could give the manager a second SMTP address to match the employees old one. The problem with that is they'll all come into the managers mailbox but won't be differentiated from the managers own email.

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[chriscj21]

DOH!!!!

I stand corrected, forgot account was still in Exc!!!

Wondered why this didn't work


Cheers


Chris

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