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The property value is invalid. The value can't contain leading or trailing whitespace error when installing Exchange 2010 in Exchange 2003 enviroment.

OK, I'm going crazy with this.   I receive the following error when installing Exchange 2010:
The property value is invalid. The value can't contain leading or trailing whitespace

I looked up the error and have found the offending DN name, but I am unable to change it with ADSIEDIT.   I have looked through Exchange Manager 2003 at the recipient policies and cannot find a place to change it there.

Any advise would be appreciated.
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What DN has the problem? Is it a user object? Make sure the user has a valid UPN as that can cause this error too (blank right hand side of UPN)
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Sekarc4u:

I read that article, the problem is the resolution applies to EMC for 2007/2010  We have the EMC for 2003 and the recipient policy does not allow for changes to the DN which has a backslash "\" after the name (email domain).
Why don't you just install the Exchange 2010 management tools and then try and change the offending object from there?
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MegaNuk3:

Unable to install the EMC, still get the same error.
Can you post a screenshot of ADSIEdit on the distinguishd name of the object?

Why don't you just delete it from ESM? removing a recipient/email address policy won't remove email addresses in E2k3
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Thank you everyone for the help.    

The solution was to use ADSIEDIT on an older server and remove the character.   Although it gave me a permissions violation, it did make the change.
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