OK, thanks for elaborating.

Ben Parrnelli
Network Administrator
Comm & Data Directorate
MAGTF Training Command
29 Palms, CA 92278


-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:37 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Ex 5.5 Directory Import help


Default behavior is to append multivalued fields, not overwrite. So ~DEL is
necessary to clear it out first.

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Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
Atlanta, GA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Parrnelli GS11 Ben T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:27 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Ex 5.5 Directory Import help
> 
> 
> Why would he not be able to import the csv with the required 
> addresses only
> or the field empty without using ~DEL?
> 
> I've done this several times when removing other addresses 
> and other fields
> and have had a problem.  Yet.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Ben Parrnelli
> Network Administrator
> Comm & Data Directorate
> MAGTF Training Command
> 29 Palms, CA 92278
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 8:23 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Ex 5.5 Directory Import help
> 
> 
> There is no way to delete just the SMTP addresses.  What you 
> have to do
> is export all the addresses first and massage the data to delete the
> SMTP addresses, then import it back.  You'll need two lines for each
> object in the import file.  The first will have "~DEL" (without the
> quotes) in the E-Mail Addresses and Secondary-Proxy-Addresses
> attributes, then the second line adds back all the addresses 
> except the
> SMTP addresses.
> 
> However, I'm not sure all of this is really what you want.
> 
> Ed Crowley MCSE+I MVP
> Technical Consultant
> hp Services
> "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral 
> problems."
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of 
> Lloyd, D (Dave)
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:50 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: Ex 5.5 Directory Import help
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> With Exchange 5.5 SP4, what is the method of removing all 
> SMTP addresses
> in bulk - ie using Directory Import? I've been given a csv by our HO
> with the entry ~DEL<SMTP:> but all it gives me is errors on import.  A
> google search seems to bring me stuff in foreign languages.
> 
> The reason behing this request is that we are in the middle 
> of migrating
> to E2K.  The dist lists have been created and populated in 2K already.
> Now we are ready to hide the E55 ones and replicate the 2K 
> ones back as
> custom recipients.  I think we need to remove the SMTP 
> address in order
> to have it in the custom recipient pointing to 2K. Since HO don't wake
> up for another few hours I hoped to get insight here.
> 
> (And yes, this is in a lab first.)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave
> 
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