Article ID: 295753
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
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SUMMARY
This article describes the directory synchronization (dirsync) process between Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and Lotus cc:Mail.
MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Exchange Server uses directory synchronization to share address information with other messaging systems. You may have to periodically synchronize the Exchange Server and Lotus Notes directories to make sure that messages are delivered successfully in each environment.
Any changes or updates to addresses in either system are synchronized at predetermined times that are set on the Microsoft Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes. After directory synchronization occurs, the address lists from both systems are adjusted to reflect any changes that occurred since the time of the last directory synchronization cycle.
The dirsync process between Exchange Server 5.5 and Lotus cc:Mail proceeds as follows:
- The directory, mailing lists, and bulletin boards from the connecting cc:Mail post office are exported in the form of the following files:
Directory = Export\Ccmdir.exp
Mailing Lists = Export\Ccmlist.exp
Bulletin Boards = Export\Ccmbb.exp - Exchange Server parses the Ccmdir.exp file, and then calculates the number of Exchange Server and cc:Mail entries that are retrieved from the directory. NOTE: Exchange Server receives all directory data, not only new items, from cc:Mail during the dirsync process.
- Exchange Server parses the Ccmlist.exp file, and then calculates the number of cc:Mail mailing lists.
- Exchange Server parses the Ccmbb.exp file, and then calculates the number of cc:Mail bulletin boards.
- Exchange Server searches through its directory, and then prepares a cc:Mail Import file.
- Exchange Server compares the Import file that it created with the information that is extracted from the cc:Mail post office, and then determines the changes that are required.
NOTE: The data that is marked for deletion is written to the Import\Ccmdel.imp file. Data that is marked for addition is written to the Import\Ccmdir.imp file. - Exchange Server imports the Ccmdel.imp to the cc:Mail post office, and then deletes the Exchange Server entries that are marked for deletion.
NOTE: If there are no restrictions listed on the Import Container tab in the Connector for Lotus cc:Mail Properties dialog box, only new deletions are imported. However, some restrictions may indicate that dirsync may import more data than new deletions only. - Exchange Server imports the Ccmdir.imp file to the cc:Mail post office, and then adds new Exchange Server entries to cc:Mail.
NOTE: If there are no restrictions listed on the Import Container tab of the Connector for Lotus cc:Mail Properties dialog box, only new data is imported. However, some restrictions may indicate that dirsync may import more data than new entries only. - Dirsync then updates the Exchange Server directory by making the correct additions and deletions.
- Dirsync updates the cc:Mail mailing lists and bulletin boards in the Exchange Server directory.
REFERENCES
For additional information about directory synchronization between Exchange Server and Lotus Notes, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
247524 XFOR: How to Determine Which Files to Modify for Directory Synchronization with Lotus Notes
245223 XFOR: Filter Rules for Lotus Notes and Exchange Server Directory Synchronization
183058 XFOR: Modifying the Display Name and Alias for cc:Mail Dirsync
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