Exchange 2007, expired passwords and mail forwarding

Question

We have a handful of users that require a company email address and have all emails forwarded to an external address; usually they are third-party contractors and only need email.

Since these users never login to a workstation and may or may not log into OWA, their passwords will expire.

When the password expires, will the forwarding stop?

Answer 1

No, the forwarding will not stop. They simply would not be able to log directly into their company mailbox using Outlook/OWA. So no worries!