Thanks Michael. Perhaps I'm not being too clear, these aren't in any way reserved/system smtp addresses, they are 110% names of department specific public folders with internal project names, and adfind.exe confirms they belong to specific public folders.
If I mail-enable them it doesn't appear to solve the problem as it just assigns another smtp address i.e. if the folder shows up as "proje...@domain.com" right now, mail-enabling it assigns it "proje...@domain.com", it's as if the smtp address showing in MESO is "lost", there's just no reference to it anywhere. Paul ________________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 6:22 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! I don't know which addresses you have, so I can't make really good decisions about that; but Exchange does use email for PF replication and has quite a number of reserved SMTP addresses. That being said, someone made a really good suggestion (last week? Two weeks ago?) - mail-enable and then swap as necessary. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! OK, but then why on earth do I have them? I can't find a single command or anything that seems to apply, other than the ones related to mail-enabled/disabled public folders, which says these aren't mail-enabled. ________________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 6:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! I think it's a serious mistake to delete them. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! So, back to this a little later, but does anyone have any ideas just wtf might be going on? I can't see a single problem/error in any logs, yet I seem to have lots of these things in the MESO folder despite them not being mail-enabled according to the EMS or ECP. Best lead I've found so far is from someone on the Exchange Forums on Technet who says they've seen this a few times and always post-migration from 2003 to 2010 which is where we are. On the basis that we have a fairly small subset of Public Folders which should be mail-enabled, my (rough) plan was something like: Mail-Disable all public folders. See what's left MESO folder and delete them (appreciate any tips on what to look out for and NOT delete in this folder) Mail-Enable the public folders that should be mail-enabled. Thanks, Paul ________________________________________ From: Paul Hutchings [paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 27 September 2011 5:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! I am, but I'd like to understand it if possible - there seem to be a lot of folders with email addresses and whilst I've not yet reconciled them I suspect it's more than are mail-enabled. I should add no other public folder issues, everything is working fine, I only know of this issue with trying to add the email address. ________________________________________ From: Richard Sobey [r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 27 September 2011 4:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! On 27/09/2011 16:30, Paul Hutchings wrote: > Thank you, I had tried that. If I mail-enable it it gives it a different > email address entirely, with the "problem" address nowhere to be seen. Are you in a position to delete the folder and start again? Sometimes, nuking from orbit is the only way to be sure. Richard --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist -- MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. 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