Microsoft KB Archive/185579

= XADM: Duplicating a Mailbox That Belongs to DL in Another Site =

Article ID: 185579

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q185579



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to duplicate a mailbox in a site that is a member of a distribution list which is homed in another site, the following error message appears after the associated Microsoft Windows NT account has been selected.

This object has not yet been completely replicated or cannot be changed

from this connection. Try connecting to a Microsoft Exchange Server

computer in the same site as this object.

Microsoft Exchange Directory

id c1010ac1

When you click OK or Apply, the following error message appears:

The object "" with directory name " " already

exists. Enter a unique name on the general property page for this mail

recipient.

Cancel is the only acceptable response to avoid the previous error messages. The mailbox has already been created. It will function as a normal mailbox but will not be on the foreign distribution list.



CAUSE
The problem occurs because one site tries to write to an object in another site that it does not own. The Microsoft Exchange Administrator program that is connected to the site where the mailbox is being created cannot modify the distribution list because it is owned by another site.



WORKAROUND
To work around the problem, create the mailboxes and manually add them to the distribution in the other site.

As an alternative, you can create a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file for the distribution list and import that file into the other site after the mailboxes have been created.

Keywords: kbprb KB185579

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