I'll give you my favorite dumbass example of political reasons to use restricted ABVs.[1]
Executives don't want to be e-mailed by lowly forklift operator, so they create an ABV where forklift operator can only see other lowly peons, and their immidiate supervisors in the GAL.. executives get a GAL view where they can see everyone. That being said, there are plenty of legitimate reasons one might want to use restricted ABVs in a corporate environment.. like when contractors are brought on for a project and need only basic e-mail access, and giving them access to the entire GAL represents a security risk. [1] _Thankfully_ this example is not something I was ever forced to implement for my or any other company, but I know it's been done. -----Original Message----- From: Crump, Jay To: Exchange Discussions Sent: 8/16/2002 5:28 PM Subject: RE: Global Address Lists I too have multiple views, but did not think of the hosting angle. Political forces definitely are a pain in the outbox. Can't you hide system objects? or are you alluding to something other than objects that should not be recipients showing up in plain view for all the world to see. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

