How to find the user / entity an email address is associated with in Exchange 2003

Posted At : 14 November 2007 22:19 | Posted By : Dan Lancelot
Related Categories: Active Directory,Email,Exchange

MS Exchange stores the email addresses for all users and other entities within the Active Directory.

It is very easy to add an email address to a User (Email Addresses tab on the properties page for an Exchange Enabled user) or to a public folder (Exchange System Manager > #Organisation# > Administrative Groups > #Administrative Group# > Folders > Public Folders : Select folder, right click > All Tasks > Mail Enable : Select Folder > Properties > Email Addresses) (O.K. easy when you know where to go).

Multiple email addresses can be added for a user or folder - but its very hard to see which email addresses have been assigned to which entity - especially as there are 2 different management consoles dependant on the type of entity, and secondary email addresses are not easily visible without opening the enity that contains them.

If you attempt to assign an email address which is already assigned to another entity, you get the following error message:

This email address aready exists in this organization.

ID no: XXXXXXX Exchange System Manager

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Kashif's Gravatar It has helped me find accounts with sec email.
# Posted By Kashif | 03/12/07 10:42
Danny Parrott's Gravatar This is very helpful. I am glad the Internet community has you to help others with this problem. I truly appreciate your help.

Danny
# Posted By Danny Parrott | 11/12/07 20:21
Dan Lancelot's Gravatar Thanks - glad to help :)
# Posted By Dan Lancelot | 11/12/07 21:04
SACC82's Gravatar Thank you very much!!!!!!!! :)
# Posted By SACC82 | 20/03/08 09:53
Nuno Santos's Gravatar Thanks for your help Dan! This was exactly what I was looking for.
# Posted By Nuno Santos | 09/07/08 20:25
Ants's Gravatar Thanks heaps Dan. Like others - I found this to be of great help after much time researching the required process. Good job indeed.
# Posted By Ants | 21/08/08 07:16
BigD's Gravatar Finally! Someone documented this somewhere. Big help.
# Posted By BigD | 30/10/08 12:54
cyberg's Gravatar just dropping a note to say "thanks". this was a big help.
# Posted By cyberg | 14/11/08 02:59
Ajay Prashar's Gravatar Thanks for the tip. It helped me solve a problem today.

-Ajay Prashar
# Posted By Ajay Prashar | 08/12/08 22:42
Kyle's Gravatar Thanks for this great tip!
# Posted By Kyle | 18/03/09 13:49
aquila's Gravatar Thanks, great tip.
# Posted By aquila | 19/03/09 11:56
Mike Shen's Gravatar wonderful, this is the tip I am looking for.
# Posted By Mike Shen | 11/06/09 05:39
mike's Gravatar Massive Help

Thankyou
# Posted By mike | 12/06/09 12:17
md's Gravatar Exactly what I was after, thanks!
# Posted By md | 29/09/09 02:54
Magnus's Gravatar Brilliant, saved me ages looking for a hidden address! Thanks!
# Posted By Magnus | 23/11/09 14:46
Riekers's Gravatar Thank you!!! This is one of the most useful pieces of informations I have found in a long time.
Perfect!
# Posted By Riekers | 02/12/09 15:35
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# Posted By MrF | 29/03/10 01:37
Chris's Gravatar Thanks for the tip - very helpful!
# Posted By Chris | 04/05/10 11:13
Littlepuddle's Gravatar Dan, You are a champion, have been searching for this for AGES...Well done , many thanks
# Posted By Littlepuddle | 26/05/10 05:55
Ben's Gravatar This was a real life saver for me, Thanks!
# Posted By Ben | 21/06/10 05:17
Jerry's Gravatar Thanks Dan, This was an excellent posting and saved me hours of searching
for something I probably wouldn't have found, since it was a public folder!!
# Posted By Jerry | 07/09/10 17:56
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