How to Programmatically Add Members to Distribution Lists (251174)

MORE INFORMATION

To add a member to a distribution list in Site Server 3.0, perform the following steps:

1. Bind to the Distribution List in which you want to add the user.
2. Append the Distinguished Name (DN) of the user who you want to add to the Distribution List.

The following code illustrates this procedure:

   Const ADS_ATTR_APPEND = 3

   Dim strDistList, strLdapSrv, strRoot, strMemberPath, strUserCn, _ <BR/>
      strUserDn, strDistListDn, strAdmin, strAdminPwd

   strLdapSrv       = "LDAP://localhost:5292"
   strRoot          = "o=Microsoft"
   strMemberPath    = ",ou=Members," + strRoot
   strUserCn        = "cn=JohnDoe"
   strUserDn        = strUserCn + strMemberPath
   strDistListDn    = strLdapSrv + "/" + strRoot + _<BR/>
     "/ou=DistributionLists/cn=KmBriefList"
   strAdmin         = "cn=Administrator,ou=Members," + strRoot
   strAdminPwd      = "password"

   'Bind to the specific Distribution List using Administrator credentials
   Set adsDistList = GetObject("LDAP:")
   Set adsDistList = adsDistList.OpenDSObject(strDistListDn, strAdmin, _
                                    strAdminPwd, CLng(0))

   ' Append the new member to the ones in the distribution list
   adsDistList.PutEx ADS_ATTR_APPEND, "dlMember", Array(strUserDN)

   'Flush the property cache and update the directory
    adsDistList.SetInfo

   'Destroy the objects
    Set adsDistList  = Nothing
				

REFERENCES

251176 How to Programmatically Remove Members from Distribution ListsFor information on Active Directory Service Interfaces version 2.5, go to the following directory in the MSDN Online Library: