It just takes out all illegal characters, so a DL with an alias name of Corporate Contacts gets a default SMTP address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] As with regular mailboxes, this address can be changed later, or deleted entirely.
Also, I don't think any NDRs are sent out when a message is sent to a memberless DL, no matter where it comes from. -Peter -----Original Message----- From: Dupler, Craig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 14:53 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: DL Question Ok, that's neat. How do you discern the ascii string to the left of the @? MSX DL display names support spaces and special characters, which SMTP does not. -----Original Message----- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:16 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: DL Question In Ex5.5, DL's DO have SMTP addys. -----Original Message----- From: Dupler, Craig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:09 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: DL Question Perhaps this is a more interesting question than implied. There are two or maybe three (or maybe four) possibilities depending on where the DL is located, how many servers are involved and how many instances of single instance storage are involved. If it is a client DL, then I think that the "poof" answer is pretty close. MAPI will not let you send it. If it is an Exchange DL in the same enterprise as the sender, then MAPI will send it to Exchange Server, and MSX will error it out. But is the GUID record in the store created? I don't now for sure, but probably yes. When does it get deleted? I don't know anyone that knows, but maybe not at all. Allmo0st certainly it exists in the store, in the sender's view (i.e. mailbox), as both a Sent Mail and some sort of Inbox error message from the system attendant. If it is to a DL not in the local Exchange enterprise, then it certainly exists in the senders store. What happens on the other end will be a function of how the system on the other end works. I don't think (here the rust may show a bit) that Exchange DLs are addressable from an SMTP header record (to, cc or bcc field), but hey I might have missed this one. -----Original Message----- From: Morgan, Joshua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:20 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: DL Question What happens to an E-mail that is sent to a DL that has no members? TIA, Joshua Joshua Morgan Network Engineer South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________ This message is private or privileged. If you are not the person for whom this message is intended, please delete it and notify me immediately, and please do not copy or send this message to anyone else. _________________________________________________________________ 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]
