XFOR: Modifying Proxy Address Generators for Notes, SNADS, and PROFS (200233)

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For example, take the Lotus Notes proxy address generator. By default, Notes proxy addresses are generated in the following format:

You may want to change this addressing format to follow naming conventions used within your organization. You can use variables in place of the defaults. The following variables may be used within the Site Addressing object (case insensitive):

Combinations of these can be used together, as well as a specific number of characters from each group. To specify the number of characters used for a particular variable, simply append a number on the end of the variable, as follows:
See the examples at the end of this article.

To modify these settings for your Exchange Server site, follow the steps below:

1. Start the Exchange Server Administrator program.
2. Select the Configuration container directly underneath your Site.
3. Double-click the Site Addressing object in the right pane.
4. Select the Site Addressing tab.
5. Select the Notes address, and click Edit.
6. Type in your new address format using the variables inidicated above.
7. Click OK.

At this time, you are asked if you would like all the existing Notes addresses to be modified to reflect the changes within site addressing. If you select Yes, the recipients within that site will inherit the new addressing format for their Notes e-mail proxy addess.

Examples

Name: Nancy M. Lee

This modification to site addressing can also be done with the Exchange Server SMTP proxy generator. For additional information on how to do this, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: