Re: Create a group name in Exchange

Oliver, thank you very much for taking time to explain to me and providing
me with more information. Your explanations are clear. I appreciate your
assistance greatly.

Diane

"Oliver Moazzezi [MVP]" <o.moazzeziNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Diane,


I want to create a group name and put some of the users in that group. I
want the users to be able to send email messages to that group name.
Please let me know if I have not answered your question.

Create either the mail enabled Distribution or Security Group in AD Users
and Computers.


Can you tell me the difference between a distribution and security
groups?


The difference between a security group over a dist is that it can be used
to apply permissions on objects:

a.. Security: Security groups allow you to manage user and computer access
to shared resources. You can also control who receives group policy
settings. This simplifies administration by allowing you to set
permissions once on multiple computers, then to change the membership of
the group as your needs change. The change in group membership
automatically takes effect everywhere. You can also use these groups as
email distribution lists.


a.. Distribution: Distribution groups are intended to be used solely as
email distribution lists. These lists are for use with email applications
such as Microsoft Exchange or Outlook. You can add and remove contacts
from the list so that they will or will not receive email sent to the
distribution group. You can't use distribution groups to assign
permissions on any objects, and you can't use them to filter group policy
settings.


More here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/evaluate/featfunc/07w2kada.mspx


Oliver





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