the smtp address already in use - Public Folder

allylaurenteallylaurente Member Posts: 131
in Exchange Server & Office Communications Server Exams
Hi Guys,

I have this problem when someone requested to create a distribution list with preferred email address. When i add the email address manually i received an error that "the smtp address already in use". I can't resolved the address in outlook and i received NDR when sending to the smtp address. I suspect that the address is attached to a mail enabled public folder that is hidden in GAL.

Question is how to know the path of the public folder that has the smtp address.

Thanks in advance.
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  • ClaymooreClaymoore Member Posts: 1,637
    I doubt it's a public folder. Rather, it's probably a contact that had a secondary address applied to it by an address policy. Do a search in the All Contacts section of your address book (which will search the online GAL rather than the offline address list) for a contact with the same name as the distribution list email address you are trying to create.
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  • Chivalry1Chivalry1 Member Posts: 569
    Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010?
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  • allylaurenteallylaurente Member Posts: 131
    @claymore. Its a public folder. I can see that the smtp is attached to a public folder by doing a custom search LDAP proxyaddresses=smtp:[email protected]. My problem is the path is not showing in ADUC. I want to know if there is an easy way to know the path. Though i can see the path by searching the public folder in outlook but we are talking about almost 40 PF servers globally... so its needs a long wait.

    @Chivalry1 - its 2003
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  • HeroPsychoHeroPsycho Inactive Imported Users Posts: 1,940
    allylaurente wrote: »
    @claymore. Its a public folder. I can see that the smtp is attached to a public folder by doing a custom search LDAP proxyaddresses=smtp:[email protected]. My problem is the path is not showing in ADUC. I want to know if there is an easy way to know the path. Though i can see the path by searching the public folder in outlook but we are talking about almost 40 PF servers globally... so its needs a long wait.

    @Chivalry1 - its 2003

    Use the quest AD PowerShell cmdlets...

    Don't have anything handy to test this on, but it should work.

    get-qadobject -ldapfilter (proxyAddresses=smtp:[email protected]) -includeallproperties | select *path*
    Good luck to all!
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