Microsoft KB Archive/307350

= XGEN: Using the &quot;Remove Exchange Attributes&quot; Option =

PSS ID Number: 307350

Article Last Modified on 1/5/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

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This article was previously published under Q307350





SUMMARY
In Exchange 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later, administrators can use the Remove Exchange Attributes option to remove Exchange attributes from any user or group object. Use this option with caution. You can use this option to reconnect a mailbox after disaster recovery. You can also use this option if you are using the Active Directory Connector (ADC) and you notice that some of your Exchange attributes are being matched improperly with Active Directory user objects.



MORE INFORMATION
To remove Exchange attributes from any user or group object:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
 * 2) On the View menu, click Advanced Features.
 * 3) Click the appropriate organizational unit.
 * 4) In the organizational unit, click the user object, and then right-click the user object.
 * 5) Click Exchange Tasks, and then click Remove Exchange Attributes.
 * 6) Click Next, read the warning, click Next again, and then click Finish.

After you perform this action, no event is generated in the Application event log.

List of Attributes Removed (from the Source Code, Build 5716.2)
(&quot;altRecipient&quot;), (&quot;authOrig&quot;), (&quot;autoReplyMessage&quot;), (&quot;delivContLength&quot;), (&quot;deliverAndRedirect&quot;), (&quot;deliveryMechanism&quot;), (&quot;delivExtContTypes&quot;), (&quot;dLMemDefault&quot;), (&quot;dLMemRejectPerms&quot;), (&quot;dLMemSubmitPerms&quot;), (&quot;dnQualifier&quot;), (&quot;enabledProtocols&quot;), (&quot;expirationTime&quot;), (&quot;extensionData&quot;), (&quot;folderPathname&quot;), (&quot;formData&quot;), (&quot;forwardingAddress&quot;), (&quot;garbageCollPeriod&quot;), (&quot;homeMTA&quot;), (&quot;importedFrom&quot;), (&quot;internetEncoding&quot;), (&quot;labeledURI&quot;), (&quot;language&quot;), (&quot;languageCode&quot;), (&quot;legacyExchangeDN&quot;), (&quot;mail&quot;), (&quot;mailNickname&quot;), (&quot;mAPIRecipient&quot;), (&quot;msExchCustomProxyAddresses&quot;), (&quot;msExchExpansionServerName&quot;), (&quot;msExchFBURL&quot;), (&quot;msExchMailboxSecurityDescriptor&quot;), (&quot;msExchMasterAccountSid&quot;), (&quot;msExchPoliciesExcluded&quot;), (&quot;msExchPoliciesIncluded&quot;), (&quot;msExchPolicyEnabled&quot;), (&quot;msExchPolicyOptionList&quot;), (&quot;msExchPreviousAccountSid&quot;), (&quot;msExchProxyCustomProxy&quot;), (&quot;msExchRecipLimit&quot;), (&quot;msExchUserAccountControl&quot;), (&quot;pOPCharacterSet&quot;), (&quot;pOPContentFormat&quot;), (&quot;protocolSettings&quot;), (&quot;publicDelegates&quot;), (&quot;replicationSensitivity&quot;), (&quot;secretary&quot;), (&quot;securityProtocol&quot;), (&quot;submissionContLength&quot;), (&quot;targetAddress&quot;), (&quot;textEncodedORAddress&quot;), (&quot;unauthOrig&quot;), (&quot;heuristics&quot;), (&quot;msExchADCGlobalNames&quot;), (&quot;msExchALObjectVersion&quot;), (&quot;msExchHideFromAddressLists&quot;), (&quot;msExchInconsistentState&quot;), (&quot;msExchUnmergedAttsPt&quot;), (&quot;replicatedObjectVersion&quot;), (&quot;replicationSignature&quot;), (&quot;showInAddressBook&quot;), (&quot;unmergedAtts&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute1&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute10&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute11&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute12&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute13&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute14&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute15&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute2&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute3&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute4&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute5&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute6&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute7&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute8&quot;), (&quot;extensionAttribute9&quot;), (&quot;autoReply&quot;), (&quot;deletedItemFlags&quot;), (&quot;homeMDB&quot;), (&quot;mDBOverHardQuotaLimit&quot;), (&quot;mDBOverQuotaLimit&quot;), (&quot;mDBStorageQuota&quot;), (&quot;mDBUseDefaults&quot;), (&quot;msExchHomeServerName&quot;), (&quot;msExchMailboxGuid&quot;), (&quot;msExchMailboxUrl&quot;), (&quot;msExchPfRootUrl&quot;), (&quot;msExchUseOAB&quot;), (&quot;proxyAddresses&quot;) If you are running the Active Directory Connector between Exchange 2000 and Exchange 5.5, the procedures listed in this article for removing mail attributes from a user on Exchange 2000 will not propagate across the ADC and remove the Custom Recipient object representing the user on the Exchange 5.5 side.

If the client is expecting the changes to migrate from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 5.5, you will have to avoid removing the legacyExchangeDN attribute, and set its value to ADCDisabledMail.

For additional information, search the Exchange 2000 SP2 Help (the Exadmin.chm file) for &quot;remove exchange attributes&quot;.

The following two Exchange attributes are left behind after running &quot;Remove Exchange Attributes&quot; in Exchange 2000 SP2.

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The Exchange Attribute publicDelegatesBL is also left behind after running &quot;Remove Exchange Attribute&quot;. This is because the user has been granted delegated access to another user's mailbox. This behavior is by design so that when the user is mail-enabled again they will have access to that user's mailbox without the user having to re-delegate access.

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