How to track down an SMTP address

al_bundy · 08-20-03, 04:36 PM

We are on Exchange 2000 and the following happens once in a while.

We have a distro list called All Employees which is made up of distro lists of the employees at our various offices. When we send a message to All Employees we get an NDR that it couldn't send to some smtp address that doesn't belong in our company. I looked through all of our custome recepients and cannot find one with this address.

I'm completely lost as to how to track which object owns this SMTP address.

TeeSeeJay · 08-20-03, 04:39 PM

Do a directory export to a csv file and then search that file for the address. Be sure to include all DLs and CRs in the export.

al_bundy · 08-20-03, 05:49 PM

Did it and couldn't find anything. Looks like we will have to send test messages to every office distro list to narrow this down.

goLUCKY · 08-20-03, 11:10 PM

Talk about looking for a needle in a haystack. I can't think of any way to effeciently do that.

sorry

TeeSeeJay · 08-20-03, 11:12 PM

Public Folders also have SMTP addresses. Did you include those in the export?

Weird.

al_bundy · 08-25-03, 02:34 PM

I did a directory export using the ldifde tool and couldn't find any trace of it.

08-20-03, 04:36 PM	#1
al_bundy DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: in da cloud Posts: 26,196	How to track down an SMTP address We are on Exchange 2000 and the following happens once in a while. We have a distro list called All Employees which is made up of distro lists of the employees at our various offices. When we send a message to All Employees we get an NDR that it couldn't send to some smtp address that doesn't belong in our company. I looked through all of our custome recepients and cannot find one with this address. I'm completely lost as to how to track which object owns this SMTP address.

08-20-03, 11:10 PM	#4
goLUCKY DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Austin, Texas XboxLIVE Gamertag: Golucky Timezone: Central (CST) Posts: 4,899	Talk about looking for a needle in a haystack. I can't think of any way to effeciently do that. sorry __________________ Dvdtalk Xbox Gamertag List part III here! Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada.

08-20-03, 04:39 PM	#2
TeeSeeJay DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO, USA Posts: 1,651	Do a directory export to a csv file and then search that file for the address. Be sure to include all DLs and CRs in the export.

08-20-03, 05:49 PM	#3
al_bundy DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: in da cloud Posts: 26,196	Did it and couldn't find anything. Looks like we will have to send test messages to every office distro list to narrow this down.

08-20-03, 11:12 PM	#5
TeeSeeJay DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO, USA Posts: 1,651	Public Folders also have SMTP addresses. Did you include those in the export? Weird.

08-25-03, 02:34 PM	#6
al_bundy DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: in da cloud Posts: 26,196	I did a directory export using the ldifde tool and couldn't find any trace of it.