Hidden Items still show up in GAL [Microsoft Exchange]

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From: Peter Venkman on 7 May 2010 11:10

The items are still appearing in the GAL. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. Thanks.

On May 6, 1:33 pm, Peter Venkman <pau...(a)iona.com> wrote:
> I will try that now. I tried the get-GlobalAddressList | Update-
> GlobalAddressList command earlier.
>
> They both appear to have errored out on the same 24 objects with the
> "{domain}/Microsoft Excange System Objects/{object name} is invalid
> and could not be updated" error, but we have many thousands of objects
> in our environment and non of them being listed is a hidden mailbox
> that is still showing up.
>
> On May 6, 12:38 pm, Karl Mitschke <karlmitsc...(a)somestate.gov> wrote:
>
> > Hello Peter,
>
> > > I thought RUS was removed in Exchange 2007. We have no Exchange 2003
> > > servers left in our environment.
>
> > > On May 5, 5:10 pm, "Fritz" <f...(a)biteme.com> wrote:
>
> > >> Is your RUS working as expected?
>
> > >> "Peter Venkman" <pau...(a)iona.com> wrote in message
>
> > >>news:7e9137f1-2bbf-402b-bd31-6734976132bd(a)z13g2000prh.googlegroups.co
> > >> m...
>
> > >>> Hi,
>
> > >>> We just migrated from Exchange 2003 to 2007 and have started
> > >>> noticing this issue. When we chose the option in a user's mailbox
> > >>> to "Hide from Exchange Address Lists", it will still show up in the
> > >>> GAL. It doesn't matter whether this is done through the new
> > >>> Exchange Management Console or through AD Users and Computers. It
> > >>> appears selected in both instances. It isn't just the OAB causing a
> > >>> problem either because checking through webmail shows the mailboxes
> > >>> still in the online GAL. Any ideas?
>
> > Are your address lists updated?
>
> > Try this, in Exchange Management Shell:
>
> > Get-AddressList | Update-AddressList
>
> > Karlhttp://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/

From: Peter Venkman on 7 May 2010 11:17

From: Karl Mitschke on 7 May 2010 11:37

Hello Peter,

> The items are still appearing in the GAL. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated. Thanks.
>
> On May 6, 1:33 pm, Peter Venkman <pau...(a)iona.com> wrote:
>
>> I will try that now. I tried the get-GlobalAddressList | Update-
>> GlobalAddressList command earlier.
>>
>> They both appear to have errored out on the same 24 objects with the
>> "{domain}/Microsoft Excange System Objects/{object name} is invalid
>> and could not be updated" error, but we have many thousands of
>> objects in our environment and non of them being listed is a hidden
>> mailbox that is still showing up.
>>
>> On May 6, 12:38 pm, Karl Mitschke <karlmitsc...(a)somestate.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Peter,
>>>
>>>> I thought RUS was removed in Exchange 2007. We have no Exchange
>>>> 2003 servers left in our environment.
>>>>
>>>> On May 5, 5:10 pm, "Fritz" <f...(a)biteme.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is your RUS working as expected?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Peter Venkman" <pau...(a)iona.com> wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>> news:7e9137f1-2bbf-402b-bd31-6734976132bd(a)z13g2000prh.googlegroups
>>>>> .co m...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We just migrated from Exchange 2003 to 2007 and have started
>>>>>> noticing this issue. When we chose the option in a user's
>>>>>> mailbox to "Hide from Exchange Address Lists", it will still show
>>>>>> up in the GAL. It doesn't matter whether this is done through
>>>>>> the new Exchange Management Console or through AD Users and
>>>>>> Computers. It appears selected in both instances. It isn't just
>>>>>> the OAB causing a problem either because checking through webmail
>>>>>> shows the mailboxes still in the online GAL. Any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>> Are your address lists updated?
>>>
>>> Try this, in Exchange Management Shell:
>>>
>>> Get-AddressList | Update-AddressList
>>>
>>> Karlhttp://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/
>>>

Do the appear in OWA?

Karl
http://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/

From: Peter Venkman on 7 May 2010 17:48

Hi Karl,

Yes, they appear in OWA, which is why I don't think it's an OAB
generation/download issue.

On May 7, 11:37 am, Karl Mitschke <karlmitsc...(a)somestate.gov> wrote:
> Hello Peter,
>
>
>
> > The items are still appearing in the GAL. Any suggestions would be
> > appreciated. Thanks.
>
> > On May 6, 1:33 pm, Peter Venkman <pau...(a)iona.com> wrote:
>
> >> I will try that now. I tried the get-GlobalAddressList | Update-
> >> GlobalAddressList command earlier.
>
> >> They both appear to have errored out on the same 24 objects with the
> >> "{domain}/Microsoft Excange System Objects/{object name} is invalid
> >> and could not be updated" error, but we have many thousands of
> >> objects in our environment and non of them being listed is a hidden
> >> mailbox that is still showing up.
>
> >> On May 6, 12:38 pm, Karl Mitschke <karlmitsc...(a)somestate.gov> wrote:
>
> >>> Hello Peter,
>
> >>>> I thought RUS was removed in Exchange 2007. We have no Exchange
> >>>> 2003 servers left in our environment.
>
> >>>> On May 5, 5:10 pm, "Fritz" <f...(a)biteme.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Is your RUS working as expected?
>
> >>>>> "Peter Venkman" <pau...(a)iona.com> wrote in message
>
> >>>>>news:7e9137f1-2bbf-402b-bd31-6734976132bd(a)z13g2000prh.googlegroups
> >>>>> .co m...
>
> >>>>>> Hi,
>
> >>>>>> We just migrated from Exchange 2003 to 2007 and have started
> >>>>>> noticing this issue. When we chose the option in a user's
> >>>>>> mailbox to "Hide from Exchange Address Lists", it will still show
> >>>>>> up in the GAL. It doesn't matter whether this is done through
> >>>>>> the new Exchange Management Console or through AD Users and
> >>>>>> Computers. It appears selected in both instances. It isn't just
> >>>>>> the OAB causing a problem either because checking through webmail
> >>>>>> shows the mailboxes still in the online GAL. Any ideas?
>
> >>> Are your address lists updated?
>
> >>> Try this, in Exchange Management Shell:
>
> >>> Get-AddressList | Update-AddressList
>
> >>> Karlhttp://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/
>
> Do the appear in OWA?
>
> Karlhttp://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/

From: Karl Mitschke on 11 May 2010 12:55

Hello Peter,

> Hi Karl,
>
> Yes, they appear in OWA, which is why I don't think it's an OAB
> generation/download issue.
>
> On May 7, 11:37 am, Karl Mitschke <karlmitsc...(a)somestate.gov> wrote:
>
>> Hello Peter,
>>
>>> The items are still appearing in the GAL. Any suggestions would be
>>> appreciated. Thanks.
>>>
>>> On May 6, 1:33 pm, Peter Venkman <pau...(a)iona.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I will try that now. I tried the get-GlobalAddressList | Update-
>>>> GlobalAddressList command earlier.
>>>>
>>>> They both appear to have errored out on the same 24 objects with
>>>> the "{domain}/Microsoft Excange System Objects/{object name} is
>>>> invalid and could not be updated" error, but we have many thousands
>>>> of objects in our environment and non of them being listed is a
>>>> hidden mailbox that is still showing up.
>>>>
>>>> On May 6, 12:38 pm, Karl Mitschke <karlmitsc...(a)somestate.gov>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought RUS was removed in Exchange 2007. We have no Exchange
>>>>>> 2003 servers left in our environment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 5, 5:10 pm, "Fritz" <f...(a)biteme.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is your RUS working as expected?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Peter Venkman" <pau...(a)iona.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> news:7e9137f1-2bbf-402b-bd31-6734976132bd(a)z13g2000prh.googlegrou
>>>>>>> ps .co m...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We just migrated from Exchange 2003 to 2007 and have started
>>>>>>>> noticing this issue. When we chose the option in a user's
>>>>>>>> mailbox to "Hide from Exchange Address Lists", it will still
>>>>>>>> show up in the GAL. It doesn't matter whether this is done
>>>>>>>> through the new Exchange Management Console or through AD Users
>>>>>>>> and Computers. It appears selected in both instances. It
>>>>>>>> isn't just the OAB causing a problem either because checking
>>>>>>>> through webmail shows the mailboxes still in the online GAL.
>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> Are your address lists updated?
>>>>>
>>>>> Try this, in Exchange Management Shell:
>>>>>
>>>>> Get-AddressList | Update-AddressList
>>>>>
>>>>> Karlhttp://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/
>>>>>
>> Do the appear in OWA?
>>
>> Karlhttp://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/
>>

What is the result for this command? (Run in Exchange Management Shell)

Get-Mailbox <alias> |Select-Object Name, HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled

If HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled is False, try:

Set-Mailbox <alias> HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled:$true

Give it some time, and see if the mailbox still shows in the GAL.

Karl
http://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/

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