XFOR: PC Mails External-Admin, Export Equivilents

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks supports three methods of exchanging address lists:

• The Directory Synchronization process
• The External-Admin, Export Command
• The Import Utility

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Exchange Server uses Directory Synchronization to share address information with other messaging systems, including Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. In addition, Microsoft Exchange Server provides the Directory Import and Directory Export commands.

Microsoft Exchange Server does not support the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks’ External-Admin, Export command. If an administrator distributes their Postoffice user list to the Microsoft Exchange Server’s Microsoft Mail Connector Postoffice by running the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Administrator’s program and selecting External-Admin, Export, a nondelivery report will be returned to the Microsoft PC Mail Administrator’s mailbox with the following error message:

   [025] Exported user list is not supported on this postoffice.

WORKAROUND

If Directory Synchronization is not configured, you can use the following alternative to exchange address information between Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Mail for PC Networks.

The Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Import utility can be used to extract the Postoffice address list to a text file, which can then be edited to the appropriate Microsoft Exchange Server Import file format. The format of the command is:

   import admin -p<password> -xNET/PO  -f<ex_file>.txt -d<drive>

Once the Import file is in the correct format, use the Microsoft Exchange Administrator Directory Import command, accessed via the Tools menu, to import the Microsoft Mail addresses into the Exchange Server address list.

The Microsoft Exchange Administrator Tools, Directory Export menu option can be used to export the Microsoft Exchange recipients list to a text file, which can then be edited to the appropriate Microsoft PC Mail Import file format. Once the Import file is in the correct format, the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Import command can be used to import the Microsoft Exchange addresses into the Microsoft Mail Postoffice address list. The format of the command is:

   import admin -p<password> -f<ex_file.txt> -d<drive>

REFERENCES

For additional information on using Directory Synchronization and the Directory Import and Export commands, refer to the following sections of the Microsoft Exchange "Server Administrator's Guide":

- For Directory Synchronization, see Chapter 14. - For Directory Import and Export commands, see Chapter 15, pages 476-487.

For information regarding the file format used with the Microsoft Exchange Directory Import and Export commands, refer to the electronic format of Appendix D "Schema Properties and Attributes" of the Migration Guide located on the Microsoft Exchange Server compact disc in the MIGRATE\DOCS directory as Appd.rtf.

For more information regarding the Import utility, refer to the Import utility section of Appendix A in the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks "Administrator's Guide."