Forward from mailbox to external smtp using SDK

Question

Hallo,
As a part of my custom command I'd like to create forward from a mailbox to an external SMTP. Unfortunately I cann't use below script because of security policy:

$exchangeServer = "ExchangeServer.domain.com" # TODO: modify me
$smtpAddress = "%adm-CustomAttributeText1%" # TODO: modify me

# Create a remote PowerShell session to Exchange Server
$session = New-PSSession -configurationname Microsoft.Exchange -connectionURI http://$exchangeServer/PowerShell
Import-PSSession $session -DisableNameChecking -AllowClobber

# Enable forwarding
Set-Mailbox -Identity "%distinguishedName%" -DeliverToMailboxAndForward $true -ForwardingSMTPAddress $smtpAddress

# Close the remote session and free up resources
Remove-PSSession $session

Is it possible to create such forward to the external smtp by using SDK?
My external address will be always %firstname%.%lastname%@domain.gmail.com
of course firstname and lastname shoud have only small letters ;)
I try to do it by myself but I stuck on bing contact for forward. Could you please help me?

Answer 1

Hello,

Currently, Adaxes ADSI API does not support setting an external forwarding address. We have such a request in our product backlog, but currently this functionality is not available in the API. By the way, if your policy applies to connections via remote PowerShell or something of that kind, using Adaxes Exchange API does not comply with such a policy either. When performing Exchange Tasks, the ADSI API also uses remote PowerShell. That is, in other words, when we add the possibility to set an external forwarding address, the API will be executing approximately the same PowerShell commands as in your initial post.