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Identity Manager 8.1.5 - Administration Guide for Connecting to Microsoft Exchange

Managing Microsoft Exchange environments Setting up Microsoft Exchange synchronization Basic data for managing a Microsoft Exchange environment Microsoft Exchange structure Microsoft Exchange mailboxes Email users and email contacts Mail-enabled distribution groups Dynamic distribution groups Mail-enabled public folders Extensions for supporting Exchange hybrid environments Error handling Configuration parameters for managing a Microsoft Exchange environment Default project template for Microsoft Exchange

Receive restrictions for email contacts

NOTE: The Assign mail acceptance and Assign mail rejection assignments are mutually exclusive. You can either specify from whom messages are accepted or you can specify from whom they are rejected.

To customize mail acceptance for e-mail contacts

  1. In the Manager, select the Active Directory | E-mail contacts category.
  2. Select the email contact in the result list.
  3. Select the Assign mail acceptance task to define which recipients can accept messages.

    - OR -

    Select the Assign mail rejection task to define which recipients can reject messages.

  4. Select the table containing the recipient from the menu at the top of the form. You have the following options:
    • Mail-enabled distribution groups
    • Dynamic distribution group
    • Mailboxes
    • Email users
    • Email contacts
  5. In the Add assignments pane, assign recipients.

    TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove assigned recipients.

    To remove an assignment

    • Select the recipient and double-click .
  6. Save the changes.

Deleting and restoring email contacts

NOTE: As long as an account definition for an employee is valid, the employee retains the e-mail contact that was created by it. If the account definition assignment is removed, the e-mail contact created through this account definition, is deleted.

To delete an e-mail contact

  1. In the Manager, select the Active Directory | E-mail contact category.
  2. Select the email contact in the result list.
  3. Delete the email contact with .
  4. Confirm the security prompt with Yes.

To restore an email contact

  1. In the Manager, select the Active Directory | E-mail contact category.
  2. Select the email contact in the result list.
  3. Click the Undo delete button in the result list toolbar.

When you delete an email contact, the Do not display in address lists option is enabled and the email contact is no longer shown in address books.

Configuring deferred deletion

By default, email contacts are finally deleted from the database after 30 days. During this period you have the option to reactivate the e-mail contacts. A restore is not possible once deferred deletion has expired. In the Designer, you can set an alternative delay on the EX0MailContact table.

Mail-enabled distribution groups

You can email-enable universal security groups and universal distribution groups to distribute messages to a group of recipients.

Detailed information about this topic

Creating mail-enabled distribution groups

Set up mail-enabled distribution groups for universal security groups and universal distribution groups.

To create a mail-enabled distribution group

  1. In the Manager, select the Active Directory | Mail-enabled distribution groups category.

  2. Click in the result list.

  3. On the master data form, enter the master data for the group.

  4. Save the changes.

To create a mail-enabled distribution list for an Active Directory group

  1. In the Manager, select the Active Directory | Groups | Universal groups category.

  2. In the result list, select the group then select the Change master data task.

  3. Select the Create mail-enabled distribution list task.

  4. Enter the following information:

    • Active Directory group: the group is already selected.

    • Exchange organization: the exchange organization is already selected. Check the setting.

    • Alias: Unique alias for further identification of the mail-enabled distribution group.

  5. Save the changes.
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