Exchange 2003 Distribution Group not working

May I ask what name you are trying to use?

And paste the bounce back message

the name is sceteam@<our domain name>.com

The bounce back message is:

Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

      Subject:      Message
      Sent:      7/7/2009 12:14 PM

The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:

      SCE Team on 7/7/2009 12:14 PM
            The message could not be delivered because the recipient's destination email system is unknown or invalid. Please check the address and try again, or contact your system administrator to verify connectivity to the email system of the recipient.
            <mail.<our domain name>.com #5.1.2>

see link: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22514004/Exchange-error-5-1-2.html

Does it give you this error from OWA? Are you using cached Exchange mode in Outlook where there may be an old record of the original distribution list?

Try using OWA if you haven't to verify...it could be the OAB needs to be rebuilt: http://forums.msexchange.org/m_1800411799/mpage_1/tm.htm#1800411938

Did you take a look at the E-mail Addresses tab for the group?  Also, did you create it as a Security Group or a Distribution Group?  Just checking the basics.

OK. I am starting to think there is a bigger problem. When I send through OWA it goes through correctly. I went aand rebuilt OAB and it seemed it was successful but when I try to download the address book from Outlook 2007 I get the following message.


Task 'tparus@<domain name>.com' reported error (0x8004010F) : 'The operation failed. An object cannot be found.'

It's funny that all the distrubution lists that I have created today work find except for this one. I have received this error before, the error when I try to download the offline address book, but it has never stopped me from receiving emails. My Outlook is running in Cached mode as with most of my users which may be the problem but I am unsure about that.

Try creating a new profile and re-downloading all of your data or use a smaller mailbox to try it with. Make sure cached mode is enabled and see if it works with the new profile.

Also, you may just need to wait a bit while all the replication takes place and try again.

I am browsing my even logs on my Exchange server and found these entries which may be the problem but not sure.

OALGen encountered error 80040107 (internal ID 50101df) accessing the public folder store while generating the offline address list for address list '/'.
- Default Offline Address List


OALGen encountered error 80040107 while cleaning the offline address list public folders under /o=<Our Domain Name>/cn=addrlists/cn=oabs/cn=Default Offline Address List.  Please make sure the public folder store is mounted and replicas exist of the offline address list folders.  No offline address lists have been generated.  Please check the event log for more information.
- Default Offline Address List

Check this post for the resolution to your error (the accepted answer is not the resolution)...https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21268807/Unable-to-create-an-offline-address-list.html

MS Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922251

This is probably off topic but it is related. I am using the Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooter and it has found that FQDN on the SMTP virtual server is different from the DNS resolved server name. This problem stems from how the server was configured before I came and now I have been dealing with it but want exchange to run correctly. Our domain was named SUNFLOWER.com (alias used instead of real name) but they found that Sunflower.com was used so they created SUNFLOWERSUPPLY.com for our email domain. When the tool goes and looks at our domain it sees mail.sunflowersupply.com as the name for the SMTP virtual server but the DNS resolves servername.sunflower.com. My question is where do I make the change so that the names agree? I think I should do it on servername.sunflower.com to mail.sunflowersupply.com but don't want to break my exchange server. On my DNS server there are two lookup zones sunflower.com and sunflowersupply.com. in sunflowersupply.com the Mail Exchanger (MX) record shows servername.sunflower.com and in the sunflower.com zone it shows two alias's one called exch servername.sunflowersupply.com and the other exchange servername.sunflower.com. What do I change?

Skipping the previous post, I can post on another case, I followed the instructions on the Microsoft article KB 922251 and one of the steps I cannot perform due to no Offline Address Book being in the Offline Address Book folder in the Public Folders directory. How do I populate the Offline Address Book folder with an Offline Address Book?

Per Microsoft...

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, type %SystemRoot%\system32\mapisvc.inf, and then click OK.
Locate the [MSEMS_DSA_Admin] section.
Locate and then delete the following entry:
6603001f = Server_Name
Note The Mapisvc.inf file contains a 6603001f entry and a 6603001e entry. When you follow these steps, do not delete the 6603001e entry.

here's some additional resources that may help.

http://www.amset.info/exchange/oab-error.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286328
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905813

skshoup, I followed your instructions and there is not 6603001f entry. The 6603001e entry is there but no f. Any other ideas? I also must note that I am running Exchange Enterprise 2003 with 3 stores. The information store contains a pulic store which has public folders folder in it but has no Offline Address book. The other two stores do not have a Public Store folder nor a OWA Public Store.

Did you use pfmigrate at any point?  Did you guys move from one Exchagne server to another?

So here is another article that I found regarding the other error when trying to download to Outlook 2007.

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Method 1
Use this method to resolve this problem when you view Properties in the Address lists setting in Exchange System Manager.

Exchange 2003
In Exchange System Manager, expand the Recipients container.
Click the Offline Address Lists container.
In the right pane, right-click the offline address list object, and then click Properties.
On the General tab, verify that a valid address list is populated under Address lists. If a valid address list is not populated under Address lists, you must add one.

Note The default address is the global address list.
Click OK.
Right-click the offline address list object again, and then click Set as New Default if the offline address list object is not set.
If you made any changes, right-click the offline address list object again, and then click Rebuild.

Exchange 2007
In the Exchange Management Console, expand Server Configuration, and then click Mailbox.
In the Database Management window, right-click Properties on the mailbox store.
Click the Client Settings tab, click Browse, and then click the appropriate offline address book.
Click OK two times.
Back to the top

Method 2
Use this method to resolve this problem when you view Properties in the Offline address list setting in Exchange System Manager.

Exchange 2003
In Exchange System Manager, click Properties for the mailbox store, and then verify that the offline address list is populated with a valid offline address list object in Offline address list on the General tab.

Note If the offline address list is not populated with a valid offline address list object, click Browse to select a valid offline address list object.
Send an e-mail message from Outlook 2003.

Note In Outlook 2003, you may have to log off and log on again for a valid test.

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Secure Data
The Offline address list property values for the mailbox store are stored in the Active Directory msExchUseOAB attribute of the mailbox store object.

To update the Offline address list property, modify the Active Directory msExchUseOAB attribute by using the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Edit. To do this, follow these steps:
In ADSI Edit, locate the Offline Address Lists container under the Configuration container.
Right-click the newly created offline address list, and then click Properties.
Copy the distinguishedName attribute value.
Locate and then right-click the mailbox store object, and then click Properties.
Click the msExchUseOAB attribute, click Edit, paste the distinguishedName attribute value in the String Attribute Editor dialog box, and then click OK two times.
Restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service.

The answer to your question is yes, we migrated from Exchange 2000 to 2003 enterprise. I think pfmigrate was used but the consultants that did the job didn't do it right as you can now see. They thought if they copied the Public store and reapplied the copy that the public database would come up but it didn't and there were problems and I had to call Microsoft to fix but did they fix it correctly is the problem and what didn't the consultant do correctly is another question. I'm here now trying to correct the problem and as I work on this I keep finding more problems. What a nightmare. hopefully with baby steps I will be able to get this problem fixed along with the other problems. Thanks again for all your help.

Tried you second example already. The correct Default address list is selected. Howerver in regard to your ADSI solution, where is that and how do i start it?

I think that is necessary if the Default Address List was not selected and you had to create one from scratch.  This is truly interesting.

The most perplexing part to me is usually you would get the "This e-mail address already exists in this organization" if there was a dupliate which I would normally find in a public folder address or somewhere in ADSI that I could remove.

However, you are not getting that...You can create a mail enabled group (distribution group - with the SMTP Adress sceteam@<our domain name>.com), and the e-mail addresses tab has the addresses that get generated and you are still unable to send to it.

Hmmmmm.

In a way I have moved on from creating this address group, I just created another group called SCEServiceteam@<doaminname>.com but because of this it has opened a new can of worms. This Offline Address book thing is now my concern. With all the articles above that focus on the Offline address book I have found that in my Public Folders in the Offline Address Book folder there is no default offline address book listed, there is nothing there. How do I make one or replicate the one that is in Recipiants\offline address lists? I have been going through all the articles and I am confused because the the things the articles talk about are not there or I don't have the knowledge to find them. Frustrated!!! I am now just waiting for Exchange to blow up and my whole organization not to have email and I am sure that will happen when I am away on vacation. What can I do to fix this problem?

If you follow thises steps, are these present:

Start Exchange System Manager.
If administrative groups are enabled, expand Administrative Groups, and then expand First Administrative Group, where First Administrative Group is the administrative group that contains the server that you want to configure offline Address Book replication on.

Expand Folders, right-click Public Folders, and then click View System Folders.

Expand Public Folders, expand OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK, and then expand the container that contains the offline Address Book that you want to configure replication for.

For example, expand /o=First Organization/cn=addrlists/cn=oabs/cn=Default Offline Address List.
Right-click OAB Version 2, and then click Properties.
Click the Replication tab, and then note the replication schedule and public store information.
Click OK.
Right-click OAB Version 3a, and then click Properties.
Click the Replication tab, and then configure the replication schedule and public store information.
Repeat these steps to configure offline Address Book replication on each Exchange Server 2003 computer.

That is where the problem lies. When I expand OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK there is no container below that actually, there is nothing in the folder. The OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK folder is there and when I click on it there are no folders in the Details pane. This is where I am asking on how to populate a folder in OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK.

If you look within the "Offline Address List" directory do you see your server's name listed next to the Default Offline Address List?

Can you send me your contact info to stephen.shoup@springbox.com?

Yes, When I look in the Offline Address Lists folder under Recipients I see the Default Offline Address List and to its right is my server name.

I think that last post should solve your problem