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New Mailbox or distribution list is not displayed in the Global Address List

Symptoms: After you create a new user mailbox or distribution list, the new object is not displayed in the Global Address List. You may not be able to perform a checkname operation on the new object. This issue may occur if you incorrectly set the filter on the default Global Address List.

To resolve this issue, start Exchange System Manager>Recipients>All Global Address List. Right clcik on Default Global Address List and select Properties. The Filter rule should look like the following filter:

(& (mailnickname=*) (| (&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(!(homeMDB=*))(!(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|(homeMDB=*)(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=contact))(objectCategory=group)(objectCategory=publicFolder) )) If the filter does not match the preceding filter, set the filter again. To do so:

In our case, they are different. We have this line (objectCategory=msExchDynamicDistributionList) )) as shown below.

(& (mailnickname=*) (| (&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(!(homeMDB=*))(!(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|(homeMDB=*)(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=contact))(objectCategory=group)(objectCategory=publicFolder)(objectCategory=msExchDynamicDistributionList) ))

So we will delete it from the filter. Here are steps:

1.    Start ADSI Edit from Windows 2000 Support Tools.

2.    Expand the Configuration container.

3.    Expand CN=Configuration.

4.    Expand CN=Services.

5.    Expand CN=Microsoft Exchange.

6.    Expand CN=Exchange Organization Name.

7.    Expand CN=Address Lists Container.

8.    Expand CN=All Global Address Lists.

9.    Right-click CN=Default Global Address List and click Properties.

10. Click the purportedSearch attribute in the Select property to view box.

11. Paste the following filter in the Edit Attribute box:

(& (mailnickname=*) (| (&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(!(homeMDB=*))(!(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|(homeMDB=*)(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=contact))(objectCategory=group)(objectCategory=publicFolder) ))

12. Click Set, and then click OK.