distribution group

[Thomas Lally]

As far as I'm concern it is not possible to send an email to all users
that are members of a mail-enable security group. Is it correct? I
have to create a distribution group.

thank you

Thomas

[Mark Fugatt [MVP]]

No, you can send mail to a mail-enabled security group.

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Mark Fugatt
Exchange MVP
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"Thomas Lally" <juste...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Thomas Lally]

Thank you

Do you mean sending an email to the mail-enables security group email
address or to the members of the group? It didn't work, I had to
create a distribution group, perhaps I missed something somewhewre out
there?

thank you

Thomas

"Mark Fugatt [MVP]" <ne...@4mcts.com> wrote in message news:<OMf210A...@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...

[Mark Fugatt [MVP]]

When you create a Security Group and mail-enable it, and then place members
with mailboxes inside of the group, you will be able to send mail to the
mail-enabled Security Group and all the members will receive the message.

Did you actually establish an email address for the group, right-click over
it in Active Directory Users and Computers > Exchange Tasks > Establish
E-Mail Address?

[alan]

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for your posting here.

First, I would like to confirm that you are able to mail-enable a security
group and send messages to the address. To do so, start ADUC, right click
the security group, choose Exchange Tasks, and choose Establish E-Mail
Address.

Additional information
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Security groups are listed in access-control lists (ACLs), which define
permissions on resources and objects. Security groups can also be used as
an e-mail entity. Sending an e-mail message to the group sends the message
to all the members of the group.

Distribution groups are not security enabled. Distribution groups provide a
subset of the functionality of security groups. Distribution groups cannot
be listed in ACLs. Distribution groups can be used only for grouping
purposes. For example, distribution lists can be used with e-mail
applications (such as Exchange) to send e-mail to collections of users.

If you do not need a group for security purposes, create a distribution
group instead. Using a distribution group improves performance because
distribution groups are ignored when Windows 2000 builds the user security
token during the logon process. This also reduces the size of the token,
improving performance as the token is sent to various computers the user
accesses.
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Hope this helps. If you need further help, feel free to let me know. Have a
good day!

Thanks & Regards
Alan Sun
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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