Populating email addresses 1

[acl03]

Is there a way to populate Active Directory users' email addresses?

All our email address are in the same format:

UserID@domain.com

So I would like to run a script that will populate a list of users's email addresses with their ID, followed by @domain.com.

Is this possible?

 

[markdmac]

It is built into Exchange already. Go into Recipient Policies and configure there. No need for a script if the address will follow a standardized format.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822447

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[acl03]

Oh - I probably should have mentioned that we don't use exchange

 

[markdmac]

So what DO you use then?

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[acl03]

We use lotus notes. If i highlite a bunch of users who do have email addresses populated, and hit send mail, it opens up a new message addressed to all of the highlighted people.

I'm just looking for a way to script the population of the email addresses since they are all in a standard format...

 

[markdmac]

OK, so you will want to populate the Mail field in AD for your users.

First bind to the user object as oUser then you can do this:

oUser.Put "mail", email
oUser.SetInfo


I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[acl03]

How do I bind to the user?

 

[markdmac]

Set objUser = GetObject _
("LDAP://cn=johnsmith,ou=management,dc=fabrikam,dc=com")


I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[acl03]

This isn't working right (well, i'm not doing it right).

It's failing on the Set objUser line. Is johnsmith the user id in your example?

 

[markdmac]

Yes, but you need to use the full username and have the right LDAP path. I suggest you use ADSIEdit to browse your ID and look at the distinguished name for your user.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[acl03]

Worked, thanks.

 

[markdmac]

Now if you want to do that to a bunch of users, take a look at my FAQ for how to modify your script to make it Enterprise ready. faq329-4871

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark