Mailbox Names

[Guest Steve]

I have a customer "Mike" that had a mailbox and user setup as MikeW@xyz.com.

The user was modified to Mike and I would like to have his Exchange e-mail

box to be Mike@xyz.com as well. When I go to attach it in Pop 3 it only

shows as MikeW for the Exchange mailbox. When I try to modify his user

mailbox in user properties it will change it to Mike and then change it back

to MikeW. Also since the user properties has MikeW I cannot modify it in

the distribution list as well.

 

Help please. I am totally lost.

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Mailbox Names

 

Steve <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have a customer "Mike" that had a mailbox and user setup as

> MikeW@xyz.com. The user was modified to Mike and I would like to have

> his Exchange e-mail box to be Mike@xyz.com as well. When I go to

> attach it in Pop 3 it only shows as MikeW for the Exchange mailbox.

> When I try to modify his user mailbox in user properties it will

> change it to Mike and then change it back to MikeW. Also since the

> user properties has MikeW I cannot modify it in the distribution list

> as well.

>

> Help please. I am totally lost.

 

Hi - firstly, this is not the best group for your question.

Microsoft.public.exchange.admin is, but you will always need to include your

version & SP level of Exchange when you post, as methods vary by version.

 

If you're using SBS2003, post in microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs.

 

That said - what's happening now is that the address mike@xyz.com is already

in use - either by a user, group, contact, or public folder. You'll need to

find that one and modify it or get rid of it before you can assign mike@ to

this user.

 

Not sure where POP3 enters into it - and since you have Exchange, best to

avoid using POP3 anywhere. You shouldn't need it, and it's very limited in

functionality.