XADM: DirSync Imports Treated Differently by Exchange

SYMPTOMS

When an import file for Microsoft Mail for PC Networks is imported into the Directory Synchronization Stream with the -E command line option (IMPORT -E), and the 34th character does not contain the address type, Microsoft Exchange, acting as the Directory Server, puts these entries away and does nothing with them nor does it register an error in Event Viewer.

On page 328 and 329 of the Microsoft Mail "Administrator's Guide," it states that if the address type is omitted, it uses the PCM type by default. This was true with Microsoft Mail acting as the Directory Synchronization Server but not with Microsoft Exchange acting as the Directory Synchronization Server.