Microsoft KB Archive/180110

= XADM: Directory Export Does Not Append to Existing File =

Article ID: 180110

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 Q180110





SYMPTOMS
When you select Directory export in the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program and specify an existing file as the Export file, the Export function of the Administrator program overwrites this file without any warnings.



CAUSE
This behavior is by product design.



MORE INFORMATION
During the export process, you may choose to only export mailboxes to the export file. However, if you then select the same export file and choose to export Distribution Lists (DL), the DL entries are not appended to the export file as you may expect. The existing export file is overwritten with the DL exports, and the original mailbox export file is renamed to filename.Cxx, where "xx" represents how many times an export has been attempted to the existing filename.

Keywords: kbbug KB180110

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