It's amazing how anal-retentive customers can be about naming standards. Certainly you recall the many discussions about how the Exchange 5.5 directory name had to be such-and-such even though nobody can see this attribute and it could never be changed. Many idiotic organizations forced mailboxes to be deleted and recreated just so that the directory name could be "standardized".
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Scharff Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:22 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Exchange alias naming The proper format for POP3 or IMAP usernames is domain/NT_ID/Mailbox_Alias. That's the format I use all the time, every time[1] so it doesn't matter to in the least what the format is, as long as it minimizes the potential ambiguity associated with logon IDs. I also never use Exchange for NNTP, as I'd rather listen to a technical discussion by Tener than use Exchange for that. However, mailbox alias is about as close to a meaningless attribute as one can find in Exchange, so I'm not sure why it matters or why the customer would even notice or care. How would such a thing even come up in conversation? [1] In fact that's the format specified in my entourage profile even as I type. On 1/17/03 8:57, "Bendall, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Exchange 5.5 I have always made my Exchange mailbox alias the same as the NT user ID this simplifies the authentication process for POP3, IMAP and NNTP and it makes it easy to rollout Outlook through an intellimirror mst file. However, one of my clients has a different naming convention in the form "firstname lastname" which they want to use. My question is what do other people standardise on for the naming convention of the alias and can you add any more weight to my argument. _________________________________________________________________ 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]
