Create a Recipient Update Service

If you have a domain in which Exchange 2000 is not installed, and you have users, groups, or contacts in that domain that need to be mail enabled, or you have users in that domain that need to be mailbox enabled, you must create a Recipient Update Service for that domain.

Important   To create a Recipient Update Service for domains running Exchange 5.x but not running Exchange 2000, you must be an Exchange administrator and a domain administrator for the domain you are creating a new Recipient Update Service for.

To create a new Recipient Update Service responsible for a domain where an Exchange 2000 server is not installed, you must first have a domain administrator run setup with the /domainprep switch (setup /domainprep) on a Windows 2000 server in the domain where Exchange 2000 is not installed. Only Exchange Full Administrators at the Organization level can create or delete Recipient Update Service objects. Exchange Administrators cannot create or delete Recipient Update Service objects. For more information about the DomainPrep utility, see Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Planning and Installation.

To create a Recipient Update Service:

1. Start System Manager
   On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. In the console tree, double-click Recipient Settings.
3. In the console tree, right-click Recipient Update Services, point to New, and then click Recipient Update Service.
4. In the New Object - Recipient Update Service dialog box, click Browse.
5. In the Browse for Domain dialog box, select the domain for which you are creating the Recipient Update Service, click OK, and then click Next.
6. In the New Object - Recipient Update Service dialog box, click Browse.
7. In the Select Exchange Server dialog box, select the Exchange 2000 server responsible for generating and updating address lists for the domain you selected in the Browse for Domain dialog box.

8. Note   The Exchange 2000 server you select will be granted rights to modify Exchange attributes on recipients in the domain.

9. Click OK to return to the New Object - Recipient Update Service dialog box, and then click Next.
10. Verify that the information shown for the Recipient Update Service object you are creating is correct, and then click Finish.

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