Hi Troy Yes. I am afraid you are. I have be bitten by this one too if its any consolation. You MUST change the alias\name on the Exchange General tab in AD Users and Computers too or the SMTP address will just keep reverting back. Hope that helps. Regards, Paul Lemonidis. ----- Original Message ----- From: Troy Armour To: [ExchangeList] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: [exchangelist] Primary Email Address http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi everyone i am having a problem on an EXchange 2000 server-i need to change someone's email address from elaine@xxxxxxx to elainesmith@xxxxxxx due to spam. my problem is that even though i set up the address in the users properties and set the new address as the Primary one-it reverts back to the address in the form of the login@xxxxxxx . does anyone know what im doing wrong? thanks in advance troy ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: paul_lemonidis@xxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')