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Bronze Contributor

Jan 30, 2017

Alternate E-mail Address receives e-mail Primary Doesn't

I have an Admin account that is setup within Office 365. Within that Account I've put my home e-mail address as an Alternate in case of password resets (at least that's what the settings page says it...

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VasilMichev

MVP

Jan 30, 2017

Check your Junk folder just in case, or do a message trace. I haven't bothered to actually check if all my email accounts are receiving notifications as I get more than enough already, but it doesnt look like something Microsoft would do on purpose.

C_the_S

Bronze Contributor

Jan 30, 2017

VasilMichev wrote:
Check your Junk folder just in case, or do a message trace. I haven't bothered to actually check if all my email accounts are receiving notifications as I get more than enough already, but it doesnt look like something Microsoft would do on purpose.

Nothing for the Admin account.

Well, some system somewhere has to be setup to e-mail Alternate e-mail addresses instead of the main e-mail address, so yes, something Microsoft is doing as I don't have a Forward or any Rule setup to send the e-mail to the Alternate address.