Microsoft KB Archive/233506

= XADM: Creating a Mail-Enabled User That Is a Windows 2000 Security Principal =

Article ID: 233506

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q233506



SUMMARY
Simply defined, a mail-enabled object is a Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory object that has at least one e-mail address defined. An Exchange 2000 Contact is an example of a mail-enabled object because it has an e-mail address defined.

However, a mail-enabled user object in Windows 2000 can be of two types:

The user object is not a Windows 2000 Active Directory security principal (and therefore cannot log on) for example, a Contact.

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The user object is a Windows 2000 Active Directory security principal and can log on (mostly used when the user has e-mail on a different system).

It is quite simple to create contacts through the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in but the process of creating a mail-enabled user that is a Windows 2000 security principal is not as straightforward. This article outlines the steps to create a mail-enabled user that is a Windows 2000 security principal.



MORE INFORMATION
This is a two-step process; the first step is the creation of a Windows 2000 user with no Exchange mailbox, and the second step is the process of assigning an e-mail address to the user.

Step I

 * 1) In the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in, click the Users container in the left-pane.
 * 2) Right-click it, click New, and then click User.
 * 3) In the Create New Object box, type the First name and Last name as well as the User logon name.
 * 4) Click Next.
 * 5) Type a password and then confirm the password for the user, and then click Next.
 * 6) Click to clear the Create an Exchange mailbox check box, which is checked by default.

NOTE: If you leave this option checked, you create a mailbox-enabled user with a Home messaging database specified.
 * 1) Click Next, and then click Finish.

At this point, a Windows 2000 user is created. This user can log on but has no e-mail address or Exchange mailbox.

Step II

 * 1) In Active Directory Users and Computers MMC, click the Users container in the left pane, and look for the newly created user in the right pane.
 * 2) Click the newly created user, right-click, and then click Enable Exchange Mail.
 * 3) In the Enable Exchange Mail box, click Modify.
 * 4) In the New E-mail Address box, click an e-mail address type such as SMTP Address, and then click OK.
 * 5) In the Address properties box, type the e-mail address, and then click OK.
 * 6) Click OK in the Enable Exchange Mail box.

At this point, the newly created user has an e-mail address assigned. However, the user does not have an Exchange mailbox, making it a mail-enabled user object but NOT a mailbox-enabled user object. This type of mail-enabled user object is different from the Contact type of mail-enabled user object, in that it is Windows 2000 security principal, and therefore, can log on.

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