If these users are keeping AD user accounts, then you need to mail-disable them. Select all the users, right-click, select Remove Exchange Attributes. If they don't need user accounts, then just delete them. If you want them to remain in the GAL, then you'll need to change them to mail-enabled users (if they're keeping accounts) or contacts (if they're not) instead of mailbox-enabled users, so you can delete the mailboxes, and then add e-mail addresses so their mail gets routed to the hosting service. That's a lot of trouble on a user-by-user basis, so if you can do some scripting, it'd probably be a lot easier. Perhaps a tool like ADModify will work for you, check it out.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Wahlers Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Removing Exchange 2003 server Hi, Colleagues, We have four Administrative groups, one Exchange 2003 server in each. One of these Exchange servers (let's call it pch.org) will have all its mailboxes moved this weekend to an outside hosting group. So, the first thing I have to do is get email going outside the Exchange organization for all those 175 mailboxes. It would seem to me that I have to delete the SMTP addresses for these folks (there are three) from my default Recipient Policy, as well as delete mailboxes as they get moved. Everybody who uses that Exchange server will be told email is unavailable all weekend. But, I don't see a way to prevent somebody who is homed on one of the other 3 Exchange servers from sending email to the fourth one, and having the mail either bounce or get delivered to that person's mailbox and then get deleted. Any ideas as to how to make this go more smoothly? -- Larry Wahlers Concordia Technologies The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod MailTo:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Business Phone: (314) 996-1876 _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
