PC Gen: External Group Details Do Not Display Friendly Names (123222)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0b
  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

This article was previously published under Q123222

SUMMARY

You can select a group from the global address list (GAL) or network address list and view the details of that group. The details contain friendly names for all the members of that group, unless the group is from an externally defined postoffice--then it only displays the alias, name, address type, mailbox, postoffice, and network the group is located on.

This is by design; externally defined postoffice addresses, including groups, are known only by their network/postoffice/mailbox names. No other group information is transferred during the directory exchange process.

To determine the members (friendly names) of an externally defined group, have the administrator for that postoffice print or create a text file containing groups and members. (From the Mail Administrator program on that postoffice, select Local-Admin, Group, Print, and then Printer or File.)

For more information on using the Address Book and groups, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

101932 PC Win: Expansion of Groups, Revealing Group Members


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/12/1999
Keywords:KB123222