XFOR: How to Change the Migration PAB Message

Last reviewed: December 31, 1997
Article ID: Q166156

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Macintosh client, version 4.0

SUMMARY

When you use the Migration Wizard to migrate personal address books (PABs), a message is received in the Exchange Server accounts' mailbox. You can modify the text of the message.

MORE INFORMATION

To modify the message received by the Exchange accounts. To do this...

  1. Make a backup of the Pabmsg.txt file. This file can be found on the computer running Microsoft Exchange Server, in the <Exchange Server>\Bin directory.

  2. Open the Pabmsg.txt file.

  3. Modify this text file as you want, and save. Save this file as a text file, and use the same name and location.

  4. Run the migration wizard to migrate the PABs. (If you would like to test the change, it is recommended that you migrate one test user.)

For information on the migration Wizard, please see the Exchange Server CD, Migrate\Docs. The Readme.txt explains what each document contains.


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Version : WINDOWS:4.0;WinNT:4.0;Win95:4.0;MACINTOSH:4.0
Platform : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt


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Last reviewed: December 31, 1997
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