[ExchangeList] Re: Renaiming physical mailbox in Exchange 2003

  • From: "Jensen, Douglas" <douglas.jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:02:09 -0500

I don't think that is true.
 
I changed the display name and after a period of time (replication) the
mailbox name changed to that display name.
 
Doug

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Exchange mailbox names are based on the Display Name of the user object
at the time of creation.  Once the mailbox is created, you can't change
that mailbox name.  If you really need to change the name of the
physical mailbox, use Exmerge or Outlook to pull out all the e-mail into
a PST (don't forget Exmerge can only create 2GB pst files), delete the
mailbox, change the user's display name in ADUC, then create a mailbox
for that user. 
 
If you have Ontrack's Powertools, you can also associate the current
user's mailbox to another user account, change the display name for the
user, create a new mailbox for the user, then user Powertools to copy
everything from the old mailbox to the new mailbox. 

 
On 9/14/06, Jensen, Douglas <douglas.jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

        Right. I forgot to answer that part of the question.
         
        Renaming any of that stuff using Active Directory Users and
Computers isn't going to create a new mailbox. The names are just for
you to see and the servers use some other number to link them that you
don't even care about. Well you care but you don't need to worry about
changing it because you can't with the normal tools. 
        
         
        Douglas Jensen
        Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
        Voice (952) 402-9821
        Fax (952) 402-9815
        Network Administrator 
        Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Inc.
        712 Canterbury Road
        Shakopee, MN 55379 
        www.capagency.org 


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        Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:41 PM
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        I don't think it matters because I think AD uses the
msExchMailboxGuid attribute to associate the mailbox to the user.
        Just a shot in the dark...
        
         
        On 9/14/06, Jensen, Douglas <douglas.jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >
wrote: 

                Email addresses are independent of the mailbox name.
                 
                The mailbox name is not the alias but appears to me to
be the same name as the Display Name. The Alias is what gets attached to
the domain name to form the email address if you have the system do that
part automatically. 
                 
                The Display Name in the General tab for Properties for
the User in Active Directory Users and Computers is the name that shows
up as the Mailbox Name. It takes a while to synchronize but the change
does happen. That is also the name that shows up in the Global Address
List. 
                Douglas Jensen
                Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
                Voice (952) 402-9821
                Fax (952) 402-9815
                Network Administrator 
                Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Inc.
                712 Canterbury Road
                Shakopee, MN 55379 
                www.capagency.org 


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                Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:39 AM
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                Subject: [ExchangeList] Renaiming physical mailbox in
Exchange 2003 
                
                 
                
                Hi,
                 
                I have a user who's mailbox I need to re-name.  I need
to rename his physical mailbox that resides in the Mailbox Store.  How
do I do that exactly?
                 
                From what I have found, the mailbox is the same name as
the "Alias" which is displayed in the AD properties in the "Exchange
General" tab.  If I replace the current "Alias" with the new "Alias"
will this rename the existing mailbox transparently to the user (so no
mailbox are lost and it is transparent to the user) or will this create
a brand new, empty mailbox wth the new name, and detach the old one,
which will then languish somewhere, and the user will call me in a panic
saying "where did all the stuff in my mailbox go!!??" 
                 
                TIA!
                 
                JW
                 
                (Note:  I do not need to rename the email address, that
would be the SMTP Email).
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 



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