Microsoft KB Archive/812293

= XADM: Duplicate SMTP Addresses in Exchange 5.5 =

Article ID: 812293

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
In your Exchange 5.5 organization, you can create two users that have the same SMTP address. For example, John Doe at Exchange 5.5 site 1 and Jane Doe at Exchange 5.5 site 2 may both be given the jdoe@ .com SMTP address. If you force directory replication between the two sites, the SMTP addresses remain exactly the same, although you might expect Exchange to reject the duplicate SMTP address when it is created or during replication.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, note that duplicate SMTP addresses are renamed during the regeneration process. To start the regeneration process:
 * 1) Start the Exchange 5.5 Administrator program.
 * 2) Expand , click Configuration, click Site Addressing in the right pane, and then click Properties.
 * 3) On the Site Addressing tab, modify the SMTP address, and then click Apply.
 * 4) In the Microsoft Exchange Administrator dialog box, click No to cancel the change.
 * 5) On the Site Addressing tab, undo the change you made to the SMTP address, and then click Apply.
 * 6) In the Microsoft Exchange Administrator dialog box, click Yes to confirm the change. Exchange regenerates the SMTP addresses for all users.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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