XFOR: How to Change an MS Mail Custom Recipient to an SMTP Custom Recipient (235329)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q235329

SUMMARY

In some cases you may need to change many custom recipients of one type, for example Microsoft Mail (MS Mail), to another type of custom recipient, like Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). This article outlines the steps to change a group of MS Mail custom recipients to SMTP custom recipients.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about general bulk import and export procedures, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

155414 XADM: Bulk Import/Export FAQ

To change a group of MS Mail custom recipients to SMTP custom recipients:
  1. Export the MS Mail custom recipients to a .csv file that contains all of the pertinent headers. You can find a copy of a .csv file that is designed to export custom recipients on the Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0 CD in the Support\Samples\Csvs\Custom\Custom.csv folder.
  2. Use Microsoft Excel to open the .csv file that you created in step 1.
  3. Select the entire file, and sort it by the E-mail Address header.
  4. If you only want to change a subset of these custom recipients, delete all of the rows except the rows that you want from this file.
  5. Delete the E-mail Addresses column.
  6. Under the E-mail Address column, delete all of the existing e-mail addresses. The addresses are in the following MS Mail format:

    MS:network/postoffice/user

  7. Type the primary SMTP addresses in the E-mail Address column in the following format:

    SMTP:alias@domain.com

  8. Delete the Imported-From, Obj-Container, and Obj-Dist-Name columns, if they exist.
  9. Save this .csv file to a different name.
  10. Start the Exchange Server Administrator program and on the Tools menu, click Directory Import to import the .csv file that you saved in step 9 to the target Recipients container.
If you do not have the Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0 CD, the sample .csv files are available in a file that you can download. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

DownloadDownload Csv.exe now

Release Date: September 11, 1998

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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