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Establish E-Mail Addresses for Multiple AD Users

I have a need to establish e-mail addresses for a large number of users in my Active Directory. Here's my configuration:

AD 2003, single domain
Exchange Server 2003
approximately 370 domain users
145 users with existing Exchange Server mailboxes

For my remaining 225 existing domain user accounts, I need to establish unique SMTP e-mail addresses in the format %username%@alternate.domain, that will then appear in the Exchange Server address book, but these users will NOT have Exchange Server mailboxes. For an individual user, I can right-click and select "Exchange Tasks..." --> "Establish E-Mail Address." Is there a way to do this for 225 existing user accounts using a script of some type?

Thanks in advance for your help!

pr0t0c0l12

I would suggest you import contacts to AD and create a file with all the users in the right format and then import them as microsoft suggests.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327620
or
This might help you better
http://computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/Logon_LDIF.htm

Good luck!

isdirect

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Thanks, but - that's the wrong approach for me. These are EXISTING user accounts. I do not want to create new contacts for them; I want to "Establish E-Mail Address" under Exchange Server. As far as I know, simply attaching an SMTP address to a contact or an existing user account does not create the global catalog entry that Exchange needs to display that user in the Address Book.

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