Import csv file of users into Exchange 2003

[davey]

Hi,

I am using Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003. I have recently been asked
to incorporate a list of 2000+ users/e-mails from a csv file so that
our internal users can use select the names from the address book. It
is likely that this list will be update on a monthly basis, therefore
I need to be able to remove entries and re-populate with the new list.

Is the best method for doing this via the Csvde utility?
Do the users have to become a part of Active Directory?
Can I create them into a separate list which can be accessible via
internal users accessing the address book and selecting a "External
Contacts" from the drop-down list rather than using the "Global
Address list"

I would be grateful if anyone can give me a few pointers as to whether
I am heading in the right direction to accomplish this.

Thanks in advance

[Rui J.M. Silva]

You can import them as mail-enabled contacts, no need for creating new
Active Directory Users.
You can them create Views to display them on the address book as you want.

http://www.petri.co.il/create_users_for_testing_purposes.htm
http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/38947/38947.html

--
Blog "subject: exchange"
http://spaces.msn.com/members/ehlo

"davey" <vi...@manx.net> wrote in message
news:5e45025f.05020...@posting.google.com...

[davey]

That has worked well. Thanks for the information. Once I had got the
correct headings for the csvde update it has worked as reuired.

Thanks again.

"Rui J.M. Silva" <rjms(nospam4me)@oninet.pt> wrote in message news:<uBYyykjC...@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...

[AmytDev]

I created an OU for a separate group of contacts. I exported the contacts to
a CSV file. I would like to import them into that OU so that we would be
able to send emails to. How would I import them as mail-enabled contacts and
not Active Directory Users? What would I need to do to the CSV file? Please
help. I would appreciate all the help I could get.

Amy