Powershell command to enable email forwarding

Question

Powershell command to enable email forwarding from Distribution list to other user

Answer 1

Hi @Abhimanyu Sharma

Another method would be creating a Outlook inbox rule in one member mailbox of this distribution list to forward the email sent to this distribution list to the other user.
For detailed information about how to create a rule in Outlook or OWA:
Set up rules in Outlook
Use inbox rules in Outlook on the web

The rule would be like:

If you would like to use Exchange Management Shell, you can use this cmdlet:
New-InboxRule

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Answer 2

You dont forward from a Distribution List, but if you want to add a member to it

Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "Staff" -Member "******@contoso.com"  

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/add-distributiongroupmember?view=exchange-ps

Answer 3

Thank you so much @Kai Yao , let me repro the case and follow the above steps .

Answer 4

Hello ,

Yes, it worked for us. We tried this last week and we got the results . What we're looking for.