ost/prf file issue with ambiguous exchange aliases

[Guest]

I'm trying to set up a prf file for use on kiosk type machines whereby the PC is logged on with a generic account and then indivudal users launch outlook through a VBscript. The script gives them an inputbox where they can type in the name of the mailbox they would like to connect to. Their OST file, called (mailbox).ost, then gets created when they launch outlook.

This has been going well so far, apart from that when a user types "Userx" in the inputbox and there is also a mailbox with the alias "Userx1" the user gets prompted to select the mailbox he would like to connect to. This happens despite the fact that the user typed in his mailbox name 100% correctly.

Is there any PRF setting that can be used to tell outlook to ignore ambiguous mailbox names? Or does anybody have any other useful suugestion?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

I assume that you have read the prf whitepaper from www.microsoft.com/office/ork?

Also, when sending email or setting a profile manually, putting an = sign before the alias will tell Outlook to take the alias verbatim. e.g. =userx will use userx only, not userx or userxray.