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New Mail User Wizard > Introduction Page (RTM)

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007

Use the New Mail User wizard to create a new mail user in your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 organization. Mail users are mail-enabled Active Directory directory service users that can receive e-mail messages at external e-mail addresses. Mail users do not have Exchange mailboxes.

Note

You can also use the Exchange Management Shell to create a mail user. For more information, see New-MailUser (RTM).

Mail users are similar to mail contacts. Both have external e-mail addresses and both contain information about people outside the Exchange organization that can be displayed in the global address list (GAL) and other address lists. However, unlike a mail contact, a mail user has Active Directory logon credentials and can access resources.

For example, you may want to create mail users for short-term consultants who require access to your server infrastructure, but will use their own external e-mail addresses.

Use the Introduction page to select the type of user account for the new mail user.

  • New User

    • This button is selected by default. Click this button to create a new user account for the mail user. This allows you to provision the user account and mail-enable it in a single operation.

    • If you click this button, you will need to provide the required user account information on the User Information page of this wizard.

  • Existing User

    • Click this button to mail-enable an existing user account. When you click this button, the Browse button is enabled.

    • Click Browse to open the Select User dialog box. This dialog box displays a list of user accounts in the forest that are not mail-enabled or do not have Exchange mailboxes. Select the user account you want, and then click OK to return to the wizard.

For More Information

For more information about creating a mail-enabled user, see How to Create a New Mail-Enabled User.

To learn more about mail users, see Understanding Recipients.