PC DirSync: Deleted Postoffice Not Removed from GAL
Article ID: 130230
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2a
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.5
This article was previously published under Q130230
SUMMARY
When a Microsoft Mail for PC Networks administrator removes a postoffice
from the system using the Administrator's program (ADMIN.EXE), the
postoffice and its corresponding addresses are not automatically deleted
from the Global Address List (GAL).
MORE INFORMATION
Version 3.2, 3.2a, or 3.5 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks process of
Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync) allows for automatic creation and
inclusion of new postoffices. Therefore, it adds new postoffices and its
users into the GAL automatically.
If you remove a postoffice and its users from the GAL, it is not an
automated process. If an administrator removes a postoffice from the system
using ADMIN.EXE, and removes it from the Dir-Sync server, the
postoffice and its user addresses will still be in the GALs of each
external postoffice.
The GAL on each postoffice is composed of the individual address list (.USR
file) for each externally defined postoffice in the system. When the
Rebuild portion of Dir-Sync runs, it creates the GAL and references the
.USR file from each postoffice. The external definition (the .USR file) for
that removed postoffice still exists on every postoffice in the network.
The only way to update the GAL, is to run Admin, External- Admin, Delete
from each postoffice, then complete an entire Dir-Sync cycle.
Additional query words: 3.20 3.20a 3.50 dirsync de-registers
Keywords: KB130230