Delegating Sending Mail on Behalf of in Exchange

Today my colleague asked me if I had any idea on how to delegate permissions for an Exchange mailbox for a user if the user was not around (so we didn't have access to their outlook). I was not sure how to accomplish this so I did a quick search and came across an article by Brian Cryer. I found that you can delegate permissions through Active Directory and this definitely simplifies trying to do this for users that could be spread throughout the country. The process is as follows and if you check out Brian's post there is information on delegating other permissions as well:

1. Log onto the server running Exchange.


2. Run Active Directory Users and Computers.


3. Find the user's account that you want to be able to send on behalf of, and open up the account properties.


4. Select the "Exchange General" tab.


5. Click on the [Delivery Options...] button.


6. Click the [Add ...] button and add the user (or users) that are to be granted permission to send on behalf of this account.


7. Click [OK] button to close the "Delivery Options" dialog.


8. Click [OK] button to close the account properties dialog..

That's all there is to it. Thanks to Brian for an excellent and simple post on how to accomplish this.