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JasonMeyer
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject:
Change primary SMTP address |
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Awhile back I used AD_Modify to add a new address to all my users. I would
like to now make the address the primary return address. I took a peek at
using AD_Modify again. I found that when users have the "Automatically
update email addresses based on recipient policy" checked and when I try to
add the address again and check the make primary box in AD_Modify it never
sets the primary, also if I try to remove and then re-add the address it
never works. If the "Automatically..." is unchecked I can remove the address
and readd as primary just fine. Now the problem, I have lots of people with
that unchecked, and a good amount with it checked. The people with it
checked all they get is the new address, not the old one. The people with
the old address and that aren't uncheck are the original users when I first
setup AD/Exchange 2 years ago. I can go through and manually change them
all, but that would suck and I would like to do this automagically. Is there
a script that I can use to do this with out having to worry about the
"Automatically update email..." stuff getting in the way? Thanks for the
advice.
Jason
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Mark Arnold [MVP]
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:16 am Post subject:
Re: Change primary SMTP address |
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:13:20 -0600, "JasonMeyer"
<jason.meyer@nospam.isd623.org> wrote:
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Awhile back I used AD_Modify to add a new address to all my users. I would
like to now make the address the primary return address. I took a peek at
using AD_Modify again. I found that when users have the "Automatically
update email addresses based on recipient policy" checked and when I try to
add the address again and check the make primary box in AD_Modify it never
sets the primary, also if I try to remove and then re-add the address it
never works. If the "Automatically..." is unchecked I can remove the address
and readd as primary just fine. Now the problem, I have lots of people with
that unchecked, and a good amount with it checked. The people with it
checked all they get is the new address, not the old one. The people with
the old address and that aren't uncheck are the original users when I first
setup AD/Exchange 2 years ago. I can go through and manually change them
all, but that would suck and I would like to do this automagically. Is there
a script that I can use to do this with out having to worry about the
"Automatically update email..." stuff getting in the way? Thanks for the
advice.
Jason
OK, ADModify is completely the wrong thing for what you want to do. |
You need to go to Exchange System Manager and then drill down to
Recipient Policies. Then edit the policy that's there (or the one you
need if there are more than one). Add in the right addresses and
select the one you want as primary. This is what will do the updating.
Now, if whatever is in your ALIAS is NOT what you want as the primary
email address (before the @) then you need to follow this
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=285136 to put the right
%g %s etc. etc. in so that the address is formed correctly.
So, about the checking and unckecking of the "update address
automatically" on the account. That IS something ADModify is for. I
would suggest that you always have it ticked and where you want
something to be different, go into the account properties and tweak
the alias to what you want the smtp address to be. You can always add
a secondary address as well. |
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JasonMeyer
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:46 am Post subject:
Re: Change primary SMTP address |
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OK I see what you mean. I also found the spot under exchange general where I
can check/uncheck the automatically update email address bit so I can change
the globally. I just have to remember why I unchecked the originals users
when I imported them all. I think it had to do with not having a vaild
attribute set to differentiate the groups of users.
Jason
"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:13:20 -0600, "JasonMeyer"
jason.meyer@nospam.isd623.org> wrote:
Awhile back I used AD_Modify to add a new address to all my users. I would
like to now make the address the primary return address. I took a peek at
using AD_Modify again. I found that when users have the "Automatically
update email addresses based on recipient policy" checked and when I try
to
add the address again and check the make primary box in AD_Modify it never
sets the primary, also if I try to remove and then re-add the address it
never works. If the "Automatically..." is unchecked I can remove the
address
and readd as primary just fine. Now the problem, I have lots of people
with
that unchecked, and a good amount with it checked. The people with it
checked all they get is the new address, not the old one. The people with
the old address and that aren't uncheck are the original users when I
first
setup AD/Exchange 2 years ago. I can go through and manually change them
all, but that would suck and I would like to do this automagically. Is
there
a script that I can use to do this with out having to worry about the
"Automatically update email..." stuff getting in the way? Thanks for the
advice.
Jason
OK, ADModify is completely the wrong thing for what you want to do.
You need to go to Exchange System Manager and then drill down to
Recipient Policies. Then edit the policy that's there (or the one you
need if there are more than one). Add in the right addresses and
select the one you want as primary. This is what will do the updating.
Now, if whatever is in your ALIAS is NOT what you want as the primary
email address (before the @) then you need to follow this
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=285136 to put the right
%g %s etc. etc. in so that the address is formed correctly.
So, about the checking and unckecking of the "update address
automatically" on the account. That IS something ADModify is for. I
would suggest that you always have it ticked and where you want
something to be different, go into the account properties and tweak
the alias to what you want the smtp address to be. You can always add
a secondary address as well. |
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