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what kind of rights do the users have? I am sure you can edit the membership for users to just see list rather than edit it.<br />
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<a href="http://exchangeserverpro.com/restrict-distribution-group-exchange-server-2010" rel="ugc">http://exchangeserverpro.com/restrict-distribution-group-exchange-server-2010</a>
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No user can by default or modify a DL list until you give them manager rights so if given they hav eto be removed :)<br />
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- Rancy
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can this be done in exchange 2010 and ad on 2008 r2?
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can this be done in exchange 2010 and ad on 2008 r2?

disable users from editing email distribution lists

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