>We have 100 users set up. Currently, 50 are using their accounts, with other
>to come online soon.
>I'd like to make the accounts not in use inactive, so that they are not
>recieving email that is actually not yet being checked.
>What is the best way to do this? Please don't say delete the account,
>because I don't want to have to type in all their info again as they come
>online!!
If you're running Exchange 5.5 visit each of the mailboxes, display
their property page and either
1) select the "Limits" tab and uncheck the "Use information store
defaults" and then check the "Prohibit send and receive" boxes. Place
a value of "1" in the edit box. This will bounce all messages (except
possibly the very first tiny message). This will work for ALL mail
systems: internal and external.
2) select the "Delivery Restrictions" tab and select the "List" button
in the "accept messages from" frame. Then use the "Modify" button and
place the Exchange administrator mailbox into the list. This will work
ONLY for internal mail. SMTP message, for instance, will not be
affected.
In any case, you'll also want to hide the mailbox from the GAL. That's
on the "Advanced" tab.
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Rich Matheisen
MCSE, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm