exchange distribution group question

Hi All,

Hope everybody had a great weekend!

I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups: Can you
create them using public emaill addresses? In other words, I want to create
a DL that contains outside recipients instead of SBS users as members.

Any help on this would be really appreciated.
-mike

Lanwench
Mon May 05 09:47:28 PDT 2008

Mike <none> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Hope everybody had a great weekend!
>
> I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups:
> Can you create them using public emaill addresses? In other words, I
> want to create a DL that contains outside recipients instead of SBS
> users as members.
> Any help on this would be really appreciated.
> -mike

Sure, you *can* set up external addresses as AD contacts, but note that it
isn't a good way to manage your company's shared contacts/address book
needs, if that's your goal.. A public contacts folder is probably wiser for
that.

For AD contacts - see http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF015.html but
ignore the "forwarding" stuff. I'd create an OU under MyBusiness\Users and
call it SBSContacts (I don't like to put these in SBSUsers because I'm too
anal-retentive but it's your call)

Larry
Mon May 05 09:51:56 PDT 2008

Kevin Weilbacher [SBS MVP] has your answer here:

http://msmvps.com/blogs/kwsupport/archive/2006/08/02/106541.aspx

Google is your friend......you will be assimilated.

--
Larry

Please post the resolution to
your issue so that all can benefit.


"Mike" <none> wrote in message news:eWkug6srIHA.672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> Hope everybody had a great weekend!
>
> I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups: Can you
> create them using public emaill addresses? In other words, I want to
> create a DL that contains outside recipients instead of SBS users as
> members.
>
> Any help on this would be really appreciated.
> -mike
>

mikeg
Mon May 05 12:23:05 PDT 2008

Thanks for for the response guys.

And yes, I'm trying to manage public contacts through AD. Any other words of
advise would be appreciated. If there is a better way to manage public
contacts, please let me know.
-mike


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u28un$srIHA.4884@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Mike <none> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Hope everybody had a great weekend!
>>
>> I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups:
>> Can you create them using public emaill addresses? In other words, I
>> want to create a DL that contains outside recipients instead of SBS
>> users as members.
>> Any help on this would be really appreciated.
>> -mike
>
> Sure, you *can* set up external addresses as AD contacts, but note that it
> isn't a good way to manage your company's shared contacts/address book
> needs, if that's your goal.. A public contacts folder is probably wiser
> for that.
>
> For AD contacts - see http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF015.html but
> ignore the "forwarding" stuff. I'd create an OU under MyBusiness\Users and
> call it SBSContacts (I don't like to put these in SBSUsers because I'm too
> anal-retentive but it's your call)
>

mikeg
Mon May 05 12:23:33 PDT 2008

Thanks for your response Larry, I appreciate the help.
-mike

"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-wizards(dot)com> wrote in
message news:%23gikTBtrIHA.800@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS MVP] has your answer here:
>
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/kwsupport/archive/2006/08/02/106541.aspx
>
> Google is your friend......you will be assimilated.
>
> --
> Larry
>
> Please post the resolution to
> your issue so that all can benefit.
>
>
> "Mike" <none> wrote in message
> news:eWkug6srIHA.672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Hope everybody had a great weekend!
>>
>> I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups: Can
>> you create them using public emaill addresses? In other words, I want to
>> create a DL that contains outside recipients instead of SBS users as
>> members.
>>
>> Any help on this would be really appreciated.
>> -mike
>>
>
>

Lanwench
Mon May 05 13:08:32 PDT 2008

mikeg <mikeg299@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for for the response guys.
>
> And yes, I'm trying to manage public contacts through AD.

This isn't good unless it's a relatively small, and static, list of contacts
& you don't need your users to edit them.

> Any other
> words of advise would be appreciated. If there is a better way to
> manage public contacts, please let me know.
> -mike
>

Use a public contacts folder.....all your users can access it as an address
book in Outlook.
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF018.html may help (written for E2k but
this hasn't changed much).

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:u28un$srIHA.4884@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Mike <none> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Hope everybody had a great weekend!
>>>
>>> I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups:
>>> Can you create them using public emaill addresses? In other words, I
>>> want to create a DL that contains outside recipients instead of SBS
>>> users as members.
>>> Any help on this would be really appreciated.
>>> -mike
>>
>> Sure, you *can* set up external addresses as AD contacts, but note
>> that it isn't a good way to manage your company's shared
>> contacts/address book needs, if that's your goal.. A public contacts
>> folder is probably wiser for that.
>>
>> For AD contacts - see http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF015.html
>> but ignore the "forwarding" stuff. I'd create an OU under
>> MyBusiness\Users and call it SBSContacts (I don't like to put these
>> in SBSUsers because I'm too anal-retentive but it's your call)

mikeg
Mon May 05 13:35:32 PDT 2008

Is there a better way to manage this outside of AD? Thanks for the response.
-mike


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23myxRvurIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> mikeg <mikeg299@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for for the response guys.
>>
>> And yes, I'm trying to manage public contacts through AD.
>
> This isn't good unless it's a relatively small, and static, list of
> contacts & you don't need your users to edit them.
>
>> Any other
>> words of advise would be appreciated. If there is a better way to
>> manage public contacts, please let me know.
>> -mike
>>
>
> Use a public contacts folder.....all your users can access it as an
> address book in Outlook.
> http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF018.html may help (written for E2k
> but this hasn't changed much).
>
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:u28un$srIHA.4884@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Mike <none> wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Hope everybody had a great weekend!
>>>>
>>>> I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups:
>>>> Can you create them using public emaill addresses? In other words, I
>>>> want to create a DL that contains outside recipients instead of SBS
>>>> users as members.
>>>> Any help on this would be really appreciated.
>>>> -mike
>>>
>>> Sure, you *can* set up external addresses as AD contacts, but note
>>> that it isn't a good way to manage your company's shared
>>> contacts/address book needs, if that's your goal.. A public contacts
>>> folder is probably wiser for that.
>>>
>>> For AD contacts - see http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF015.html
>>> but ignore the "forwarding" stuff. I'd create an OU under
>>> MyBusiness\Users and call it SBSContacts (I don't like to put these
>>> in SBSUsers because I'm too anal-retentive but it's your call)
>
>
>

mikeg
Mon May 05 13:48:37 PDT 2008

I didn't realize you mentioned "public folder" in your initial post. You are
right, that may be the best way to manage public contacts. Any known
how-to's for this?
thanks,
-mike
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23myxRvurIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> mikeg <mikeg299@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for for the response guys.
>>
>> And yes, I'm trying to manage public contacts through AD.
>
> This isn't good unless it's a relatively small, and static, list of
> contacts & you don't need your users to edit them.
>
>> Any other
>> words of advise would be appreciated. If there is a better way to
>> manage public contacts, please let me know.
>> -mike
>>
>
> Use a public contacts folder.....all your users can access it as an
> address book in Outlook.
> http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF018.html may help (written for E2k
> but this hasn't changed much).
>
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:u28un$srIHA.4884@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Mike <none> wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Hope everybody had a great weekend!
>>>>
>>>> I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups:
>>>> Can you create them using public emaill addresses? In other words, I
>>>> want to create a DL that contains outside recipients instead of SBS
>>>> users as members.
>>>> Any help on this would be really appreciated.
>>>> -mike
>>>
>>> Sure, you *can* set up external addresses as AD contacts, but note
>>> that it isn't a good way to manage your company's shared
>>> contacts/address book needs, if that's your goal.. A public contacts
>>> folder is probably wiser for that.
>>>
>>> For AD contacts - see http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF015.html
>>> but ignore the "forwarding" stuff. I'd create an OU under
>>> MyBusiness\Users and call it SBSContacts (I don't like to put these
>>> in SBSUsers because I'm too anal-retentive but it's your call)
>
>
>

Lanwench
Mon May 05 19:54:26 PDT 2008

mikeg <mikeg299@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I didn't realize you mentioned "public folder" in your initial post.
> You are right, that may be the best way to manage public contacts.
> Any known how-to's for this?

Check out the link I posted :)

> thanks,
> -mike
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:%23myxRvurIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> mikeg <mikeg299@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks for for the response guys.
>>>
>>> And yes, I'm trying to manage public contacts through AD.
>>
>> This isn't good unless it's a relatively small, and static, list of
>> contacts & you don't need your users to edit them.
>>
>>> Any other
>>> words of advise would be appreciated. If there is a better way to
>>> manage public contacts, please let me know.
>>> -mike
>>>
>>
>> Use a public contacts folder.....all your users can access it as an
>> address book in Outlook.
>> http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF018.html may help (written for
>> E2k but this hasn't changed much).
>>
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
>>> message news:u28un$srIHA.4884@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Mike <none> wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope everybody had a great weekend!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running SBS 2003 R2 w/exchange. Regarding distribution groups:
>>>>> Can you create them using public emaill addresses? In other
>>>>> words, I want to create a DL that contains outside recipients
>>>>> instead of SBS users as members.
>>>>> Any help on this would be really appreciated.
>>>>> -mike
>>>>
>>>> Sure, you *can* set up external addresses as AD contacts, but note
>>>> that it isn't a good way to manage your company's shared
>>>> contacts/address book needs, if that's your goal.. A public
>>>> contacts folder is probably wiser for that.
>>>>
>>>> For AD contacts - see
>>>> http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF015.html but ignore the
>>>> "forwarding" stuff. I'd create an OU under MyBusiness\Users and
>>>> call it SBSContacts (I don't like to put these in SBSUsers because
>>>> I'm too anal-retentive but it's your call)