Contacts represent people with whom you or others in your
organization want to get in touch. Contacts can have directory
information associated with them, but they don't have network logon
privileges.
The only difference between a standard contact and a mail-enabled
contact is the presence of e-mail addresses. A mail-enabled contact has
one or more e-mail addresses associated with it; a standard contact
doesn't. When a contact has an e-mail address, you can list the contact
in the global address list or other address lists. This allows users to
send messages to the contact.
In the Exchange Management Console, mail-enabled contacts
and mail-enabled users are both listed in the Mail Contact node.
Mail-enabled contacts are listed with the recipient type Mail Contact,
and mail-enabled users are listed with the recipient type Mail User.
Creating Mail-Enabled Contacts
You can create and mail-enable a new contact by completing the following steps:
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In the Exchange Management Console, expand the Recipient Configuration node and then select the related Mail Contact node.
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Right-click the Mail Contact node, and then select New Mail Contact. This starts the New Mail Contact Wizard.
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Click Next to accept the default selection on the Introduction page to create a new contact.
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On the Contact Information page, shown in Figure 1,
the Organizational Unit text box shows where in Active Directory the
contact will be created. By default, this is the Users container in the
current domain. Because you'll usually need to create new contacts in a
specific organizational unit rather than in the Users container, select
the Specify The Organizational Unit check box and then click Browse.
Use the Select Organizational Unit dialog box to choose the location in
which to store the contact, and then click OK.
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Type the contact's first name, middle initial, and last name in the
text boxes provided. These values are used to automatically create the
following entries:
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Contact Name The Contact Name is the name used in the Exchange Management Console.
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Display Name The
Display Name is displayed in the global address list and other address
lists created for the organization. It is also used when addressing
e-mail messages to the contact.
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Alias The Alias is the Exchange alias for the contact. Aliases provide an alternative way of addressing users and contacts in To, Cc, and Bcc text boxes of e-mail messages.
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To the right of the External E-Mail Address text box is an Edit
button. Click the down arrow next to the Edit button to display two
options:
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SMTP Address Select SMTP Address to associate a standard SMTP e-mail address with the contact. Enter the e-mail address, and then click OK.
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Custom Address
Click Custom Address to associate a custom e-mail address with the
contact. Enter the e-mail address, and then enter the e-mail address
type. Click OK.
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Click Next, and then click New. The Exchange Management Console
creates the new contact and mail-enables it. If an error occurs, the
contact will not be created. You will need to correct the problem and
repeat this procedure.
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Click Finish.
In the Exchange Management Shell, you can create a new mail-enabled contact using the New-MailContact cmdlet. Example 1 provides the syntax and usage.
Example 1. New-MailContact cmdlet syntax and usage
Syntax
New-MailContact -Name Name -ExternalEmailAddress TYPE:EmailAddress
[-ArbitrationMailbox ModeratorMailbox] [-Alias ExchangeAlias]
[-DisplayName Name] [-DomainController DCName] [-FirstName FirstName]
[-Initials Initials] [-LastName LastName] [-MacAttachmentFormat <BinHex |
UuEncode | AppleSingle | AppleDouble>] [-MessageBodyFormat <Text | Html |
TextAndHtml>] [-MessageFormat <Text | Mime>] [-ModeratedBy Moderators]
[-ModerationEnabled <$true | $false>] [-Organization OrgName]
[-OrganizationalUnit OUName] [-PrimarySmtpAddress
SmtpAddress] [-SendModerationNotifications <Never | Internal | Always>]
[-UsePreferMessageFormat <$true | $false>]
Usage
New-MailContact -ExternalEmailAddress "SMTP:[email protected]"
-Name "Wendy Wheeler" -Alias "WendyWheeler"
-OrganizationalUnit "cpandl.com/Corporate Services"
-FirstName "Wendy" -Initials "" -LastName "Wheeler"
