With that many entries, I think you really need to consider a directory sync tool. On the lower price end is SimpleSync from CPS Systems, moving up through LDSU from Compaq and Microsoft Metadirectory Services on the high end.
It sounds like one of your scripts isn't doing much error checking. That can be hard to pull off manually, but the sync tools do it very well. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: julian brunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 8:32 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: AD Duplicate addresses > > > More Info: > > We have an AD at this particular Business Unit. > All other business units have other types of mail systems. We > all submit our > address books into a central 3rd party organisation who > combine them and > send out a list of addresses. > We then import these addresses into our AD as contacts so > that our Exchange > 2000 users have an up-to-date address book. > This causes more problems than it is worth, but it isd the designated > process we have and nothing on earth will make the powers > that be change > this. > This leaves me with the problem that some addresses are > duplicated as we > have 4 sets of address books and some recipients addresses > appear in both. > As there are over 80000 names it is next to impossible to > manually search > through these imported names, hence the reason for the query. > > Thanks > > Julian > > > > > >From: Roger Seielstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: AD Duplicate addresses > >Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:31:28 -0500 > > > >I guess I don't understand what your process does. AD and > Exchange 2000 use > >the same directory, so there shouldn't be any need to bulk syncronize > >anything. > > > >I can't help you with LDAP queries in plain English, since I > don't know of > >a > >practical implementation of an English language query tool for > >LDAP(although that would be cool!). > > > >I'd suggest seriously considering buying some of the books > listed here: > >http://www.wiredeuclid.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=books&; > file=index&req= > >view_subcat&sid=1 > > > >For your needs, I'd think that Thomas Eck's book would be > best, although > >its > >not completely geared towards LDAP queries. The Stein Borge > book has some > >good examples, but they're not as in depth as I think you'd want. > > > >Roger > >------------------------------------------------------ > >Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > >Sr. Systems Administrator > >Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > >Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: julian brunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 3:35 AM > > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > > Subject: AD Duplicate addresses > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > We currently have a huge inport/export process every month > > > into our AD so > > > that we have an up to date address book with Exchange 2000. > > > > > > The problem is that some of the addresses are repeated and > > > when a user tries > > > to send an e-mail to on of these repeated recipients it > > > throws an error. > > > > > > Does anyone know how to generate a script (Hopefully LDAP) I > > > could save and > > > run after each such import to locate the duplicate addresses. > > > > > > As an addition, doers anyone know of a place where I can get > > > some VERY > > > SIMPLE help for LDAP queries, written in plain English? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > > ------ > > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > >------ > >You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
