Q225016: XADM: How to Change the Recipients Container for PF Mailboxes

Article: Q225016
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55
Last Modified: 27-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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When you create a public folder, a mailbox for that public folder is created in
the default Recipients container. This mailbox is hidden from the address list.

MORE INFORMATION
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You can use the Exchange Server Administrator program to find out where your
public folder mailboxes are created. Click the Recipients container, and then,
on the View menu, click Hidden Recipients.

To change the Recipients container that the public folders are created in, use
the Exchange Server Administrator program to perform the following steps:

1. Click the Configuration object, and then click Information Store Site
  Configuration.

2. Click the General tab. In the Public Folder Container field, click Modify,
  and then click the new container.

3. The mailbox for any new public folders that you created is put in the new
  folder.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :5.5
Issue type        : kbhowto

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