Microsoft KB Archive/115319

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CONN: Proxy list Contains Local Postoffice Addresses

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Q115319

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Mail Connection for PC and AppleTalk Networks, version 3.2

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SYMPTOMS
If you are using Mail for PC Networks, you may notice that addresses from your local Postoffice Address List (POL) have been added to the Microsoft Mail Connection 3.2 proxy postoffice list, and may appear twice in the global address list.

This problem appears only on postoffices downstream of the Mail Connection gateway postoffice.

CAUSE
This is caused when the administrator of a downstream postoffice exports the local postoffice address list to the Mail Connection 3.2 proxy postoffice: performing an External-Admin, Export and choosing to export the local postoffice address list to ALL postoffices causes ADMIN.EXE to send the addresses as a *SPECIAL system message to all external postoffices, including the Mail Connection proxy postoffice.

The Mail Connection gateway attempts to deliver this system message to the AppleTalk mail system, but returns it as undeliverable because *SPECIAL is not a valid proxy name. When External moves the returned message from the gateway postoffice to the downstream postoffice, it recognizes the message as a valid *SPECIAL system message and adds the addresses contained within the message to the Mail Connection proxy postoffice list.

If the global address list is rebuilt (through directory synchronization [Dir-Sync] or the REBUILD.EXE utility), each local postoffice user appears twice in it.

If you use Dir-Sync, don't use the External-Admin, Export, All command sequence; use the Config, Dir-Sync, Requestor, Export sequence instead. For postoffices not participating in Dir-Sync, you can avoid this problem by selectively exporting the postoffice address list rather than exporting to all postoffices. When you select the postoffices to export to, do not include the Mail Connection proxy postoffice.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.2 of Mail Connection for PC and AppleTalk Networks. This problem was fixed with Microsoft Mail Connection GW version 3.2.4

MORE INFORMATION
If you have encountered this problem, use the following instructions to repair the Mail Connection proxy address list and the global address list on the downstream postoffice.

  Use the IMPORT.EXE utility to extract the Mail Connection proxy address list from the Dir-Sync postoffice      IMPORT admin -ppassword -xMACNET/MACPO -fPROXY.DAT -DM where:      admin = Administrator's mailbox name password = Administrator's mailbox password MACNET/MACPO = The Mail Connection proxy NETWORK/POSTOFFICE PROXY.DAT = Filename to store extracted addresses -DM = Drive letter mapped to Dir-Sync server postoffice   Import the extracted Mail Connection proxy addresses into the downstream postoffice      IMPORT admin -ppassword -f:PROXY.DAT -DN where:      admin = Administrator's mailbox name password = Administrator's mailbox password PROXY.DAT = Name of input file (extracted in step 1) -DN = Drive letter mapped to downstream postoffice   If the local postoffice users appear twice in the global address list, run the REBUILD.EXE utility to regenerate the GAL on the downstream postoffice      REBUILD -DN where:      -DN = Drive letter mapped to downstream postoffice 

Additional query words: 3.20 duplicate gal pol export dirsync

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Technology : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailConn320