• Estimated time to complete each procedure: 5 minutes.
  
  
• You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the "Address lists" entry in the Email Address and Address Book Permissions topic.
  
  
• To use the RecipientFilter parameter to create a custom filter, you must specify a string for the filter. The Shell uses OPATH for the filtering syntax. OPATH is a querying language designed to query object data sources.
  
  
• You can’t use the Exchange Administration Center (EAC) to perform this procedure. You must use the Shell.
  
  
• For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in the Exchange Admin Center.
  
  

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This example creates an address list for all users with Exchange mailboxes who reside in Washington or Oregon.

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New-AddressList -Name "Pacific Northwest Mailboxes" -RecipientFilter {((RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox') -and ((StateOrProvince -eq 'Washington') -or (StateOrProvince -eq 'Oregon')))}

This example creates an address list for all users with Exchange mailboxes who have AgencyB as the value for the CustomAttribute15 parameter.

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New-AddressList -Name "AgencyB" -RecipientFilter {(RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox') -and (CustomAttribute15 -like *AgencyB*)}

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see New-AddressList.