XADM: Directory Export Does Not Append to Existing File
Article ID: 180110
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- 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 Q180110
SYMPTOMS
When you select Directory export in the Microsoft Exchange
Administrator program and specify an existing file as the Export
file, the Export function of the Administrator program overwrites
this file without any warnings.
CAUSE
This behavior is by product design.
MORE INFORMATION
During the export process, you may choose to only export mailboxes
to the export file. However, if you then select the same export
file and choose to export Distribution Lists (DL), the DL entries
are not appended to the export file as you may expect. The
existing export file is overwritten with the DL exports, and the
original mailbox export file is renamed to filename.Cxx , where
"xx" represents how many times an export has been attempted to the
existing filename.
Keywords: kbbug KB180110