Hello all,

I have a problem with new users connecting to their newly created
Exchange 2003 mailbox.

Let me explain the network settings at first.
I have 3 servers, 2xWindows2000 and 1xWindows2003 (with Exchange2003).
The 2 Win2k servers are the 2 domain controllers in the network, the
Exchange server (Windows2003) is a standard memberserver (so no
domaincontroller!).

Previously, the Windows 2003 server wasn't around and the
'server1' had Exchange 2000 installed on it.

I then installed a Windows 2003 server with Exchange 2003 for the sole
purpose of mail handling. I merged the Exchange environment with
Exmerge to the new server, moved every mailbox and replicated all
folders. I changed the default addressbook location to the new server
and so on. When this was done, i uninstalled the Exchange 2000 server
from 'server1' to clean it out a bit.

When i now create a user, i do this from the new 2003 server to be able
to fill in the Exchange settings (email address and such). All works
fine and the user can log in to the network, have every rights and
mappings available, ..... but no mailbox. When i try to connect with
either the Outlook Exchange plugin or through Outlook Web Access, it
says it cannot find the user.

(The regular users noticed that every new user isn't popping up in
the addressbook either.)

In short; i cannot connect to or create new mailboxes! Anyone having
any ideas for me?

Thanks for your time,

Marco

Re: problem with new users connecting to their newly created Exchange 2003 mailbox by Ed

Ed
Thu Sep 22 22:49:25 CDT 2005

Are you absolutely sure that your Exchange 2003 server is in the Windows
2000 domain? You didn't create a new parallel forest, did you?
--
Ed Crowley
MVP - Exchange
"Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"

<driesse@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1127380125.279426.76470@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello all,
>
> I have a problem with new users connecting to their newly created
> Exchange 2003 mailbox.
>
> Let me explain the network settings at first.
> I have 3 servers, 2xWindows2000 and 1xWindows2003 (with Exchange2003).
> The 2 Win2k servers are the 2 domain controllers in the network, the
> Exchange server (Windows2003) is a standard memberserver (so no
> domaincontroller!).
>
> Previously, the Windows 2003 server wasn't around and the
> 'server1' had Exchange 2000 installed on it.
>
> I then installed a Windows 2003 server with Exchange 2003 for the sole
> purpose of mail handling. I merged the Exchange environment with
> Exmerge to the new server, moved every mailbox and replicated all
> folders. I changed the default addressbook location to the new server
> and so on. When this was done, i uninstalled the Exchange 2000 server
> from 'server1' to clean it out a bit.
>
> When i now create a user, i do this from the new 2003 server to be able
> to fill in the Exchange settings (email address and such). All works
> fine and the user can log in to the network, have every rights and
> mappings available, ..... but no mailbox. When i try to connect with
> either the Outlook Exchange plugin or through Outlook Web Access, it
> says it cannot find the user.
>
> (The regular users noticed that every new user isn't popping up in
> the addressbook either.)
>
> In short; i cannot connect to or create new mailboxes! Anyone having
> any ideas for me?
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Marco
>