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Access a mailbox thats hidden from the GAL through Outlook MAPI

Hi Folks,

I need to open a mailbox in Outlook that is hidden from the address list is there any way to do this? At the moment when the mailbox is hidden from the address list outlook just says cannot resolve name and won't go any further. is there any way of not hiding the mailbox but putting it in a confidential address list in the GAL so that general users cannot see it in the regular GAL.

I need to do this because we have just set up mail Archiving to the mailbox i need to be hidden because we don't want users to know that we archive all there mail just yet and having a user in the GAL called mail Archive would be a bit of a clue (one employee may be emailing all our cases to a competitor and we need to catch them!)

Any help would be very much appreciated

Thanks

Stuart

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Vahik

It is possible but u have to do some work.What u have to do is to split ur global address list and controll who can read or view that mailbox.
If intrested i will post the link how u can do it.

Vahik

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321723
Read this and call back if u have any problem.

Stu17_98

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Vahik

Got the link thanks, set the restrictions so that only certain people can access the new address list, but how do i hide the mailbox from the GAL and all the other address lists?

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822940&product=exch2003

also read this artical some parts apply to u.

Stu17_98

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Thanks Vahik thats exactly what i wanted to do! (Don't get the Geroge Washington bit though maybe it's because i'm british! :-) cheers for all the help)