Microsoft KB Archive/241195

= XADM: How to Add Only Mailboxes to a Distribution List =

Article ID: 241195

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q241195



SUMMARY
When you attempt to add only mailboxes to a distribution list (DL), the you must individually select the mailboxes from the Recipients container. There is no easy way to accomplish this in a bulk manner.



MORE INFORMATION
To add only mailboxes to a DL in the Recipients container:
 * 1) Create the DL that will hold just the mailboxes (for example, Mailboxes-DL).
 * 2) Add just one mailbox from the Recipients container to the members list in the DL.
 * 3) Perform a directory export of just the mailboxes from the Recipients container.
 * 4) Open the .csv file in Microsoft Excel, and view the Members column for the mailbox you added to Mailboxes-DL.
 * 5) Copy and paste the CN name for the DL (for example, %Recipients/cn=Mailboxes-DL) to the rest of the mailboxes in the Members column so that all mailboxes that you want add to the newly created DL have the CN name.
 * 6) Save the .csv file, and then perform a directory import of all of the mailboxes and make sure that the multivalued properties by default show append before proceeding.
 * 7) After you have completed the directory import, you can see that all the mailboxes are in the newly created distribution list.

Additional query words: Importing Membership modifying modify adding

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