Thanks, Ed. You always know the right answer! -- Larry Wahlers Concordia Technologies The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod MailTo:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Business Phone: (314) 996-1876
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ed Crowley > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:13 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Removing Exchange 2003 server > > 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] .sparklist.com > 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] l.sparklist.com > 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.
