KB153270 - XFOR: Internet Mail Connector Proxy Generator Options

Article ID: 153270

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q153270

SUMMARY

In the Exchange Administrator program, the default SMTP site addressing is userformat@domainname, where the default user format is the mailbox. It is possible to specify other userformat strings.

To change the SMTP proxy generator, open the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program and choose Configuration-Site Addressing-Site Addressing tab. Highlight the SMTP proxy and click the EDIT button.

MORE INFORMATION

IMC Proxy generator options

The format is:

userformat@domain

the @domain is an '@' sign followed by the desired alphanumeric domain text.

The userformat string is optional and can contain text as well as replacement strings. The default userformat string, if one is not specified, is "%m". The following replacement strings are available:

   %% = a single percent sign
   %s = surname
   %g = given name
   %i = middle initial
   %d = display name
   %m = mailbox
   %rxy (Replace all subsequent characters x with character y in username.
        If x == y,then the char will be deleted)

Note: Invalid characters (per RFC 821/822 email address spec) are removed from user name (unless explicitly replaced using the %r).

Examples for mailbox = "markc"

   display name = "Mark M. Clark"
   surname = "Clark"
   given name = "Mark"

Format String          Proxy Generated for sample user
-------------          -------------------------------
%d@microsoft.com       MarkMClark@microsoft.com
%r._%d@microsoft.com   MarkM_Clark@microsoft.com
%r..%d@microsoft.com   MarkM.Clark@microsoft.com
%g.%s@microsoft.com    Mark.Clark@microsoft.com
@microsoft.com         markc@microsoft.com

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

140933 XFOR: SMTP Proxy Address Generated Incorrectly

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