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From: Anthony on 16 Jun 2010 05:57 Hi. I do very similar to this for a distribution list for our church. Apologies if this is considered hijacking a thread. However I'm running into an issue with it at the moment. External users can send to list(a)domain.com which is the DL. That DL contains a bunch of mail-enabled Exchange contacts (with their associated external SMTP addresses) However if someone sends to the list and one of the external recipients generates a bounce, the bounce goes back to the list address and so everyone gets the bounce. Can anyone suggest how I can stop this from happening ? Thanks, Anthony On Jun 4, 5:55 pm, Aznan <az...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Thank you very much for the direction Ed, very much appreciated. > -- > Aznan > The International School of Penang (Uplands) > Malaysia > > "Ed Crowley [MVP]" wrote: > > 1. I don't claim to know how "most" admins do this. Techniques vary. Your > > idea is certainly one used by some of them. > > 2. Yes. > > 3. The MailContact has two addresses. One is the target address > > (-ExternalMailAddress attribute), and the other is the "internal" address, > > what you're calling the alias address. Just leave it alone. > > 3a. When the contact is a member of a distribution group, mail sent to the > > distribution group is routed to the target address of the contact. If that > > address is invalid, mail will, of course, bounce. > > -- > > Ed Crowley MVP > > "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." > > .. > > > "Aznan" <az...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >news:D4F869DE-EE5B-4C94-B391-D07AB7F5931C(a)microsoft.com... > > > Hi, thanks for your post, very much appreciated but need some > > > clarifications. > > > > I have managed to find a way to use powershell to bulk import the > > > contacts. > > > > Question1: > > > My question based on your reply that reads "A distribution group does not > > > have SMTP addresses as members. It can have mail-enabled contacts as > > > members, though. Therefore, you would have to create a mail-enabled > > > contact > > > for the SMTP address, then add the distinguished name of the contact to > > > the > > > member attribute of the distribution group" > > > > Is this how normally most Exchange Admins maintain/manage their > > > Distribution > > > lists that has external email addresses or i am doing something odd here? > > > Is > > > there any other better ways of doing it or is this the best and normal > > > practise amongst most orgs? > > > > Question 2:- > > > You mentioned mail-enabled contact. > > > I went to create mail contact via Exch Mgmt Console > Recipient > > > Configuration > Mail Contact > New Mail Contact. > > > > Is this how we create mail-enabled contact? > > > > Question 3:- > > > > I created a mail contact with external email address using the step above > > > and am a bit confused cause when i go to the Properties of the contact > > > that i > > > have created and selected "E-Mail Addresses" Tab it has the external email > > > address that i have entered but however it also automatically creates an > > > "Alias" entry that contains firstname and lastname followed by the domain > > > name which makes a valid smtp email address? is this an email address? can > > > i > > > ignore the Alias email address or do i have to delete it? > > > > If i add this contact to a DL and when anyone sends to this DL , will the > > > sender get a non delivery bounce email since alias is not a valid mailbox > > > ? > > > > Sorry some of my questions may seem something that is obvious, please > > > assume > > > i know nothing about Exchange. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > -- > > > Aznan > > > The International School of Penang (Uplands) > > > Malaysia > > > > "Ed Crowley [MVP]" wrote: > > > >> A distribution group does not have SMTP addresses as members. It can > > >> have > > >> mail-enabled contacts as members, though. Therefore, you would have to > > >> create a mail-enabled contact for the SMTP address, then add the > > >> distinguished name of the contact to the member attribute of the > > >> distribution group. Certainly someone who knows PowerShell or VBScript > > >> could craft a script that does this. One trick, however, would be > > >> cleaning > > >> up contacts that are no longer members of the distribution group. > > >> -- > > >> Ed Crowley MVP > > >> "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." > > >> .. > > > >> "Aznan" <az...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > >>news:B2C20177-8988-4729-9242-D5AC384A2426(a)microsoft.com... > > >> > We have just migrated from Mdaemon to Exchange 2007 SP2 and i'm still a > > >> > newbie to Exchange 2007 Administration. > > > >> > I would like to create a distribution list that contains lists (> 1000) > > >> > of > > >> > external email addresses. > > > >> > The email addresses from this particular distribution list is very > > >> > dynamic > > >> > whereby it changes very frequently. That said, i will need to create an > > >> > automated process to ensure that the email addresses on this > > >> > distribution > > >> > list is always up to date. > > > >> > My question: > > > >> > Is there a way to create a distribution list by importing a list of > > >> > external > > >> > email addresses from a CSV file ? > > > >> > What is the best way to maintain a distribution list that has external > > >> > addresses? (is it by creating a Mail Contact via Exchange Management > > >> > Console > > >> >> Recipient Configuration and then adding those email addresses to a > > >> > Distribution list?) > > > >> > Please advise and thanks in advance > > >> > Aznan Nagor > > >> > The International School of Penang (Uplands) > > >> > Malaysia > > > >> . > > > .
From: Rich Matheisen [MVP] on 16 Jun 2010 22:53
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:57:58 -0700 (PDT), Anthony <anthony.warren(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hi. > >I do very similar to this for a distribution list for our church. > >Apologies if this is considered hijacking a thread. >However I'm running into an issue with it at the moment. >External users can send to list(a)domain.com which is the DL. That DL >contains a bunch of mail-enabled Exchange contacts (with their >associated external SMTP addresses) >However if someone sends to the list and one of the external >recipients generates a bounce, the bounce goes back to the list >address and so everyone gets the bounce. > >Can anyone suggest how I can stop this from happening ? Modify the properties of the DL so the NDR is sent to the group's manager. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP |