Alistair
Tue Dec 07 15:34:21 CST 2004
Thanks for your assistance, I'd already come across 288807 last night, but
I'll also check 297801, and give it a go. Thanks for the advice once again!
"Alan Williams [MSFT]" <alanew@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> First use steps 1,3 and 4 of the following article
> to verify that the recipient update service is stamping the proper
> attributes.
>
> 297801 Troubleshooting Check Name Errors
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297801
>
> If none of the attributes mentioned are present take a look at
>
> 288807 Troubleshooting the Recipient Update Service
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=288807
>
> The main attribute you are concerned with is the showinaddressbook. If
> this is the only attribute that the users don't have, this can happen if
> one or more of the address lists has the string (proxyAddresses=*)
> in its filter rules. If thats the case use can use adsiedit to edit the
> purportedSearch attribute of the address list to remove it. That should
> give you a start
>
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> "Alistair Thompson" <policeuser@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OTOvGw92EHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hello folks
>>
>> I have a strange problem. We are using Win2K3Ent and Exch2k3Ent, with
>> the
>> latest service packs and hotfixes installed (that I know of).
>>
>> I am trying to create a mail-enabled user (internal user on the GAL which
>> actually forwards to an SMTP email address externally). I am under the
>> impression that once created, this user should appear for all clients in
>> the
>> GAL (this seems to be confirmed by 70-284 text). I create the
>> mail-enabled
>> user in Exchange Tasks, establish an email address without incident.
>>
>> But no matter what I try, the user will not appear in the GAL. If I do a
>> query in ExchSysMgr under the GAL, the user is displayed. However, if I
>> run
>> a MAPI client such as Outlook2K3, and view the GAL, the user is not
>> displayed. However, the user *IS* displayed under the All Users folder
>> of
>> the GAL within my OL client. I have manually rebuilt the GAL using RUS,
>> yet
>> the user does not appear. I have even waited 48 hours for the user to
>> update and it hasn't.
>>
>> Has anyone seen this symptom before, or am I missing something at a
>> fundamental level?
>>
>> Regards
>> Alistair
>> tempquery23746 atsymbol radical-light.com
>>
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