Re: Export Distribution Lists from AD and Viewing all containers

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From: Dara (dfrenck_at_hadassah.org)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: 14 Sep 2004 15:39:11 -0700

"Rich Matheisen [MVP]" <richnews@rmcons.com.NOSPAM.COM> wrote in message news:<77q4k0975kcj6lbgr7o60np8n6p55sshie@4ax.com>...
> dfrenck@hadassah.org (Dara) wrote:
>
> >Two part question:
> >Anyone know how to export distribution lists from AD (using Exchange
> >2003)? I can seem to export the list of DL's, but what I need is each
> >DL with a list of members.
>
> Use LDIFDE and export the "members" property of mail-enabled groups.

What is LDIFDE and where do I get it?
>
> >Two, When I am in a DL trying to add members, I can only view
> >usernames from the User container in AD. If there are users in other
> >containers, I cannot view them from inside the DL. Instead, I have to
> >go to each container, look for the user, and add them individually to
> >the DL. It is quite time consuming!
>
> Sounds pretty odd. But that would be an AD problem, not Exchange. The
> only thing that comes to mind is that "Users" is a container and not
> an Organizational Unit. So, permissions on the OUs would be the first
> thing to check.
>
> Have you tried this same thing logged on as a Domain Admin?

Yes, actually, I am a Domain Admin. It should work.. we have a few
Domain Admin's and none of us can fiew the users from other containers
except the Users container.

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