Q134226: PC DirSync: Purpose and Results of Choosing Global-List Option

Article: Q134226
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.2,3.2a,3.5
Operating System(s): 
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Last Modified: 31-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0, 3.2, 3.2a, 3.5 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the purpose and results if you choose or enable the
Global-List option in the Administrator's program (ADMIN.EXE).

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The option to enable the Global-List is described on pages 73-74 of version 3.2
and 3.5 of Microsoft Mail for PC Network "Administrator's Guide." This guide
states:

  If you do not enable the Global Address List, users need to select external
  addresses from network and gateway lists unless you add the external
  addresses to the Postoffice Address List (POL).

Likewise, the ADMIN.EXE program itself provides on-line help that describes this
option:

  Global-List allows you to configure whether or not your postoffice is to use
  the global address list.

Both sources imply that unless the Global-List option is enabled, the postoffice
mail users will not be able to use the Global Address List (GAL) to address
mail. This is true; however, the administrator should be aware of the following
issues:

- Even though the Global-List option is set to NO, the postoffice may still
  participate in Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync). If this postoffice is
  set up as a Dir-Sync requester and is included in the DISPATCH.EXE process,
  the postoffice will participate in Dir-Sync, and the GAL will be built.

- Whenever REBUILD.EXE is run against any postoffice, the Global-List option is
  automatically set to YES. This means an administrator must log into a
  postoffice after REBUILD.EXE runs against it and change the value back to NO
  if they do not want the users to be able to select addresses from the GAL.

- Neither Microsoft Mail for Windows nor Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, MS-DOS
  workstation users will be able to select addresses from the GAL if this
  option is set to NO in the ADMIN.EXE.

  The MS-DOS client users will not even see that a GAL is available, and the
  Windows client users will see an empty GAL. In both cases, the proper GAL
  files may be available on the postoffice. This option simply disables the
  clients from being able to use the GAL.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.20 3.20a 3.50

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Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.2,3.2a,3.5

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