If you used the normal method of migration (keeping everything in the same exchange Org), then people would be able to reply to old messages. This is because the Reply-to is using the directory name of the recipient as it sees it in the old message.
You could probably use ADSI Edit and assign each user a LegacyExchangeDN field that would match the style of the old Exchange 5.5 organization. Or you could prepare an LDF file to import respective LegacyExchangeDN fields for each user and then import it with LDIFDE.exe utility. Perhaps then peopel would be able to reply to old messages. Andrey Fyodorov Senior Exchange Administrator iNNERHOST http://www.innerhost.com -----Original Message----- From: Soren Larsen [mailto:SwynkExchangeDiscussionList@;vang.org] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 3:19 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Validation of migration concept Hello Having just been through an Exchange 5.5 -> 2000 migration, I need to ask a few questions. It was chosen to create an new Exchange 2000 organization and not reuse the old Exchange 5.5. I don't know the reasons for this design decision - I just had to do the task. The way I did it was to install the Exchange 2000 organization (1 server, 1 site), configure all the required options, mail enable the users, and finally migrate the user mailboxes from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 with the Migration Wizard. Migration of the 15 GB mailboxes went smooth with the exception that Migration Wizard forgot some items in about 10 mailboxes. Now when the new Exchange system has gone into production we are experiencing some very strange and pretty serious problems productivity wise. 1. Users are experiencing problems in their Outlook 98 mail client (yes, I know, not exactly latest technology). Everything from Outlook hanging for minutes, to Outlook freezing totally. Lots of errors like "Object not found" is given when opening items and using functionality in the Outlook 98 client. All users had new MAPI profiles created and the forms cache emptied. Anybody on the list has suggestions to what I can do to debug further on the problem? 2. Users can't reply to old messages migrated from the old 5.5 server. I was told that Exchange 2000 would recalculate the old Distinguished Names in the mail messages, but this has not happened, as the users are replying to the old addresses from the 5.5 organization. Can I do anything to solve this issue? Are there any known issues in running Outlook 98 against an Exchange 2000 server that could cause my problem? Thanks in advance. Soren _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
