New User -- Exchange Created *A LOT* of new e-mail addresses

Recently created a new user and when I look at the e-mail addresses for that
user there are a LOT of e-mail addresses for that user. The default e-mail
address is there but there are a bunch like *,
*, etc. (there are at least 100 addresses similar to
these).

I first noticed this behavior after experiencing the problem described in
MSKB 842293 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842293)
and following the directions contained therein. I "resolved" it by
unchecking the "Automatically update e-mail addresses based on recepient
policy" box and then deleting these weird e-mail addresses.

The recepient policy is setup with our external domain as the default SMTP
address. The other SMTP addresss is the local domain. There is also an X400
address that I have not touched.

My other SBS Premium box does not exhibit this behaviour (but it also never
had the 842293 problem).

Help! What's with these wacky e-mail addresses and where do they come from?

John

 

WOW that sounds Really Scary I'd post to the

privatenews.microsoft.com newsgroup with that one...

Russ

 

What the heck is the privatenews.microsoft.com newsgroup?

 

privatenews.microsoft.com is a Private news group for Microsoft partners.

Are you a partner?
(I would hope that most of you are a Registered partner if not a certified
partner.)

Russ

Details....

Private support newsgroups for Microsoft Partners
These newsgroups are only open to Microsoft Partners (like CompuMentor), and
are staffed by real tech support personnel paid for by Microsoft. They're
quite good at answering your questions, even proactively following up via
email if they haven't heard for certain that your problem is solved. Usually
I get a response within 24 hours, frequently less.

These newsgroups are for break/fix issues. That is, something is broken and
you need help fixing it.

The newsgroups can be accessed through the Web (registration required) or
via a newsgroup (NNTP) reader.
http://members.microsoft.com/partner/newsgroups/default.aspx

A password is required for newsreader access, and can be obtained from the
Microsoft Partner Web site.
http://members.microsoft.com/partner/newsgroups/OEInstructions.aspx


Russ

 

Thanks. I will post there.

Anyone with comments on my problem?

John

 

Hi John,

Have you made any amendments to the Recipient Policy, in Exchange System
Manager at all?

I have experienced an issue before with Exchange 2000 that generated ton's
of garbled email aliases after configuring a policy to create a custom email
alias. If I remember correctly, some users were configured with the
required information to generate the alias and Exchange objected by making
some up.

Kind regards,

Wes

 

I did make changes per 842293.

How did you resolve your issue?

Thanks,

John

 

Hi John,

These Microsoft articles may be of interest to you. Shouldn't be a problem
with Exchange 2003 SP 1 through.

How to customize the SMTP e-mail address generators through recipient
policies
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;285136

XADM: Site Addressing Generates Incorrect SMTP Address for "%g.%s.%m"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282314/

Kind regards,

Wes