How to change a security group to a mail group?

[Guest]

How can I remove certain members of a mail enabled security group - (whilist
leaving other members, and the group intact) but allow these members to
recieve mail from the same email address in a distribution group?

 

[Paul Bergson]

If you have two seperate groups then it should be as simple as removing
members from the group that you don't want to belong. The distribution
group is a totally seperate group with its own membership set.

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[Guest]

Yes they are two separate groups, but as far as I am aware two groups cannot
have the same email address- or can they? So the moved members will no longer
recieve email from the security mail enabled group, is there a way around
this?

 

[Paul Bergson]

No they can't, but use the security group for security and use the
distribution group for e-mail.

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[Guest]

Can I remove the mail address from the security group and apply the same
address to the distribution group? is there a "special" process for this? Do
I have to wait for replication after I remove the address from the security
group, before I can apply it to the distributuion group?

 

[Paul Bergson]

I believe this is all possible, as long as it is Exchange 2003. Right click
on the group and select Exchange tasks and remove the Exchange attributes on
both and then add them back on the distribution group.

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[Brian Desmond [MVP]]

Yes - just use the little Exchange Tasks wizard in ADUC and remove the
exchange attributes. You can then go and mail-enable the distribution group
with the same wizard. You may want to give some time for replication
inbetween if you ahve a large environment to minimize any confusion.

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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP

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