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Types of mail enabled users/ contacts
Hi Guys
I have an application running that is set to email a Distribution List (DL1) when there is a problem. So far, the members of the DL are internal. The app owner would like an email also sent to the vendor (app@vendor.com) who is external to the company. So, there are two ways I can do this I guess;
a) Configure the SMTP mailer on the application with another To: address
b) Add app@vendor.com to DL1
I've been looking at the internet for various descriptions of mail enabled recipients, but I'm a bit confused between mailbox enabled recipients, mail enabled users, contacts, mail enabled users etc! We are running Exchange 2003....could someone confirm the type of mail recipients there are?
I thought they were
Mailbox enabled user: A user with an AD account and a local Exchange mailbox
Mail enabled user: A user with an AD account but an external SMTP address
Mail enabled contact: Someone with no AD account, but they appear in the GAL with their SMTP address so that our users can email them
Have I got this/the terminology correct? Have I missed any?
Would be grateful for advise!
I have an application running that is set to email a Distribution List (DL1) when there is a problem. So far, the members of the DL are internal. The app owner would like an email also sent to the vendor (app@vendor.com) who is external to the company. So, there are two ways I can do this I guess;
a) Configure the SMTP mailer on the application with another To: address
b) Add app@vendor.com to DL1
I've been looking at the internet for various descriptions of mail enabled recipients, but I'm a bit confused between mailbox enabled recipients, mail enabled users, contacts, mail enabled users etc! We are running Exchange 2003....could someone confirm the type of mail recipients there are?
I thought they were
Mailbox enabled user: A user with an AD account and a local Exchange mailbox
Mail enabled user: A user with an AD account but an external SMTP address
Mail enabled contact: Someone with no AD account, but they appear in the GAL with their SMTP address so that our users can email them
Have I got this/the terminology correct? Have I missed any?
Would be grateful for advise!
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Even I would like to know ....
I just tried creating a contact without a email address .. I was able to ... not sure what it will be usewd for .. my guess .. when the tme comes you can exchange task it and establish a email addres
or there are situations where contacts are created by a different team and exchange admins establish email address...
:)
or there are situations where contacts are created by a different team and exchange admins establish email address...
:)
I just tried creating a contact without a email address .. I was able to ... not sure what it will be usewd for .. my guess .. when the tme comes you can exchange task it and establish a email addres
or there are situations where contacts are created by a different team and exchange admins establish email address...
:)
or there are situations where contacts are created by a different team and exchange admins establish email address...
:)
A non-mail-enabled contact could be used just for other contact information such as mailing address, telephone, etc. I've never actually used it, but I suppose it could be useful in an organization where you wanted to supply that type of information about people in another geographical location, for example, but you didn't want your users to be able to send email to those people...or something like that. I agree it doesn't seem too logical, but someone somewhere must have had a reason for it.
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"A contact is either just a contact, or a mail-enabled contact"
Ok - I understand what a mail-enabled contact is, but I didn't know there was such a thing as a non mail-enabled contact? What would be the purpose of this?