XFOR: How to Change Display Name and Alias for Notes Recipients

ID: Q194859

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SUMMARY

This article explains how to change the display names and aliases for Lotus Notes custom recipients imported from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 using directory synchronization (dirsync). The changes in this article result in the following format for custom recipients for Lotus Notes:

Display Name = LastName, FirstName
Alias = LastNameFirstInitial

For example, after you make the changes the custom recipient for Lotus Notes user Amy Jones appears as follows:

Display Name = Jones, Amy
Alias = Jonesa

MORE INFORMATION

Overview

You must modify the Mapnotes.tbl file located in the Exchsrvr\Connect\Exchconn\Dxamex folder to change the default settings for the display names and aliases.

Before you modify Mapnotes.tbl, make a backup copy of the file.

Steps to Change the Display Name

To make the display name appear as "Last Name, First Name" make the following change to the FullName parameter in the Exchsrvr\Connect\Exchconn\Mapnotes.tbl file:


FullName= Lastname ", " Firstname

To make the alias appear as "LastnameFirstInitial" make the following change to the Alias parameter in the Exchsrvr\Connect\Exchconn\Mapnotes.tbl file:


Alias = Lastname Left(Firstname, 1)

After you make the changes above to the Mapnotes.tbl file, stop and restart the Microsoft Exchange Notes Connector and Microsoft Exchange Connectivity Controller.

Run dirsync, and request a Full Immediate upload between Notes and Exchange Server.

NOTE: Changes to the Mapnotes.tbl file dynamically update existing users.

For additional information on customizing dirsync information between Exchange Server and Lotus Notes, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q180517 XFOR: Customizing Directory Synchronization Between Exchange and Notes

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Additional query words: XADM, import


Keywords          : exc55 
Version           : winnt:5.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto