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Viewing members of Exchange 2007 dynamic (query-based) distribution group w/ Outlook 2007

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Alan Truism

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Jul 14, 2008, 8:56:45 AM7/14/08
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We're running Exchange 2003 with Outlook 2003 clients and use the
Ex2003 query based distribution groups extensively. In order to answer
the frequent requests from employees, we created a web page on our
intranet (running PHP) that does an LDAP query on the fly and displays
the current members of any particular query based distribution group.

Is is possible in an Exchange 2007/Outlook 2007 environment for
someone to view the members of a dynamic distribution group from
within their mail client? It is possible to right click on the group
name and expand the DL before sending a message?

For peace of mind, many people would like to verify who the recipients
are before they actually send a message and that is very difficult in
an Exchange 2003/Outlook2003 environment.

Thanks.

Al Truism

Alan Truism

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Jul 14, 2008, 9:32:59 AM7/14/08
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Rich Matheisen [MVP]

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Jul 14, 2008, 8:41:48 PM7/14/08
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:56:45 -0700 (PDT), Alan Truism
<alan....@yahoo.com> wrote:

>We're running Exchange 2003 with Outlook 2003 clients and use the
>Ex2003 query based distribution groups extensively. In order to answer
>the frequent requests from employees, we created a web page on our
>intranet (running PHP) that does an LDAP query on the fly and displays
>the current members of any particular query based distribution group.

Ummm . . . there /are/ no members of a QBDL. It's just an LDAP query.

>Is is possible in an Exchange 2007/Outlook 2007 environment for
>someone to view the members of a dynamic distribution group from
>within their mail client?

Nope.

>It is possible to right click on the group
>name and expand the DL before sending a message?

Nope. The QBDL is expanded by the Exchange Categorizer.

>For peace of mind, many people would like to verify who the recipients
>are before they actually send a message and that is very difficult in
>an Exchange 2003/Outlook2003 environment.

The QBDLs aren't for you.
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Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Alan Truism

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Jul 16, 2008, 11:27:16 AM7/16/08
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On Jul 14, 8:41 pm, "Rich Matheisen [MVP]"

<richn...@rmcons.com.NOSPAM.COM> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:56:45 -0700 (PDT), Alan Truism
>

It would be a simple (and helpful) task to enable someone to preview
the DL "members" from within the email client address book.

AD users and computers MSI snap-in can do it.

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