GroupWise Distribution List losing members

Have just upgraded to GW 8.0.2 on servers and clients. When adding to an existing distribution list users remain. When the participation is changed to CC they dissapear. Added users from the user account and from the distribution list with the same result.
Any suggestions?

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GroupWise Distribution Lists

Hi,
I was asked by my supervisor to ensure that only internal email clients can send to GroupWise distribution lists, and they cannot send email to GroupWise distribution lists via external email account.
Most of the distribution list has a space between full distribution name. and I was under the impression that as long as there are spaces, it's not a valid SMTP name and no one will be able to send it. Tested with external account (hotmail) and could not send to Distribution lists with spaces as it bounced back as invalid email address.
However, he informed me that problem is there is an option to allow substituting the space with a "." and it works.
I re-tested with a "." between the spaces and it still bounced back, is there anything else I should/could try to ensure that email from external accounts can be sent to GW distribution lists.
Are there no access control lists for distribution groups that we could use here?
Thanks.

On 12.12.2011 20:56, chrisjmolloy wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was asked by my supervisor to ensure that only internal email clients
> can send to GroupWise distribution lists, and they cannot send email to
> GroupWise distribution lists via external email account.
>
> Most of the distribution list has a space between full distribution
> name. and I was under the impression that as long as there are spaces,
> it's not a valid SMTP name and no one will be able to send it. Tested
> with external account (hotmail) and could not send to Distribution lists
> with spaces as it bounced back as invalid email address.
>
> However, he informed me that problem is there is an option to allow
> substituting the space with a "." and it works.
>
> I re-tested with a "." between the spaces and it still bounced back, is
> there anything else I should/could try to ensure that email from
> external accounts can be sent to GW distribution lists.
>
> Are there no access control lists for distribution groups that we could
> use here?
You can disable receiving external emails to distribution lists entirely
in the GWIA. "Expand groups on incoming messages" is the setting.
Disable that, and all distribution lists are unreachable from the internet.
CU,
Massimo Rosen
Novell Knowledge Partner
No emails please!
http://www.cfc-it.de

Distribution list without members

Where the message will go if there is no user on particular DL

I keep a few of those "Black Hole" DL's and populate them with the e-mail addresses our developers make up on their own to "test" if e-mail is working.
Unix admins also seem to delight in creating shell scripts that send e-mail using a sender's address that uses their machines domain name (e.g.
[email protected]), and the machine isn't running a SMTP daemon, so NDRs and DSNs (and, in some cases, replies from recipients) just sit in Exchange's transport delivery queues and set off SCOM alerts
about queue lengths. :-(
--- Rich Matheisen MCSE&I, Exchange MVP

Defect #368646: Defect manipulating Distribution Lists

As stated in the Admin API Object Defect, there is a probleme using
Distribution List with members beloging to another domain than the one
you are connected to.
This problem occurs ALWAYS for me and not only in certain cases.
Does anyone knows if Novell is aware of this problem, and will take any
action to support the method .users.Item ??
I don t see any other solution to manipulate distribution list correctly?
Thanks
For Information : Admin object
Defect #368646: In some circumstances, when the Admin API is used to
get a user in a secondary domain and report the name of that domain, in
the following way -
Set usr = objAdminSystem.Users.Item("bbaggins", "books", "secdom")
UserDomainName = usr.Domain.Name
the Admin API will report the name of the primary domain instead. In
addition, your Admin API application now thinks that any user in
the secondary domain now belongs to the primary domain. Defect
reported
to GroupWise Development.

Thanks for the answer but it s not possible as the GroupWise system is
spanning over many eDir trees.
I have used the UserIterator to access the User object I need, despite it
is far longer than the Users.Item method, it works
But as soon as I iterate in the User Collection, I found what is shown as
duplicate users (may be unreadable object and the API is returning the
previous user red) and after 3700 users .. my program hangs the
gwcmb1.dll.
Do you know if the API has some defects not reported in the defect list ?
Does Novell support this API ? I had a look for SOAP but there is nothing
to manage the GW objects, does Novell have a Admin SOAP ? or is planning
to have one ?
Thanks for the answer. We have around 5000 GW users, 5 eDir, 12 domains
and around 20 POs .. and we are facing big issues to have a robust and
open solution.
We are still using the API Gateway (on a 5.1 NetWare server in a VWWare
session as no hardware supports now NW 5.1) and our goal was to migrate
our DLs management from API Gateway to Admin Object API.
> One other way would be to have your DL's all linked to NDS Groups and
do a
> regular sync. But that might not be what you want
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > As stated in the Admin API Object Defect, there is a probleme using
> > Distribution List with members beloging to another domain than the one
> > you are connected to.
> >
> > This problem occurs ALWAYS for me and not only in certain cases.
> >
> > Does anyone knows if Novell is aware of this problem, and will take
any
> > action to support the method .users.Item ??
> >
> > I don t see any other solution to manipulate distribution list
correctly?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > For Information : Admin object
> >
> > Defect #368646: In some circumstances, when the Admin API is used to
> > get a user in a secondary domain and report the name of that
domain, in
> > the following way -
> >
> > Set usr = objAdminSystem.Users.Item("bbaggins", "books", "secdom")
> > UserDomainName = usr.Domain.Name
> >
> > the Admin API will report the name of the primary domain instead.
In
> > addition, your Admin API application now thinks that any user in
> > the secondary domain now belongs to the primary domain. Defect
> > reported
> > to GroupWise Development.
> >
>
>

Some members of distribution list get email 15 minutes after the others

We have a strange problem. We've migrated cross forrest from an Exchange 2007 to an Exchange 2013. Everything seems to be ok, except for one issue we have which is that sometimes an email sent to a distribution group is received 15 minutes later by 2 - 3
of the users within the list.
The list contain 42 members, and I can see that the email is "sitting" on one server for the 15 minutes in question by reading the header of the email. The problem is not consistent.
Expansionserver is $null on all of my distribution lists, and I can have issues on other lists aswell, although that might just get noticed.
If I try the tracker tool in EMC or through the gui (ecp) I get a "to many items in array" error. So I can't see anything in my exchange shells either.
All the users in the list are in the same domain, but the users are spread across 2-3 exchange servers. The server that the mail is "sitting" in, oddly has 0 of the members within the distlist.
any advice as to where to look is appreciated. if it is a problem with the expansionserver I would be greatful for any steps to find out how that can be determined or even better, be resolved.

There are 4 exchange 2013 servers which migrated from Exchange 2007 server in a differnt forrest and on another domain
Ex01: userA, userB, userC, userD
Ex02: userE, userF
Ex03: userG, userH
DL: userA, userB, userC, userE
Scenario:
1. Email is sent to DL by user A, and user A , and he gets
his own email after 15 minutes (verified by header). It has hanged on Ex03 for 15 mins (nothing in the ev log on the server).
2. user B gets the mail instantly and user E gets it delayed
(actually 40 got it spot on (after 3-4 seconds) three got it after 15 mintues.
If I send directly to the user, there are NO delays at all.

Unity 4.x - Limits of Distribution List members

Is there a limit to how many members you can add to a public and/or private distribution list in Unity 4.2?

Hi Johnny,
Subscribers > Class of Service > Features Page
Lists Available to Subscribers
Enter a number between one and 99 to specify the maximum number of private lists available to subscribers who are assigned to this COS. Subscribers can manage their private lists by phone and from the Cisco Unity Assistant.
Though both the Cisco Unity conversation and the Cisco Unity Assistant use this setting to determine when a subscriber has reached the maximum number of lists, consider that each application calculates the number of lists that a subscriber owns differently:
•When a subscriber tries to use the phone to create a new list by adding members, the Cisco Unity conversation counts the number of private lists that have members, and then compares the total to the value in this setting to determine whether the subscriber has reached the list limit. Lists with no members (empty lists) are not included in the total number of lists that a subscriber owns, even if the lists have recorded names and/or text names.
•When a subscriber tries to use the Cisco Unity Assistant to create a new list, the Cisco Unity Assistant counts the number of lists that have a recorded voice name, a text name or members, and then compares the total to the value in this setting to determine whether the subscriber has reached the list limit. Lists with no members are included in the total number as long as they have recorded names and/or text names.
This means that if a subscriber belongs to a class of service that allows 15 lists, and the subscriber has 12 private lists with members and two lists with recorded names but no members, the subscriber can potentially create more lists by phone than in the Cisco Unity Assistant before reaching the list limit:
•When the subscriber uses the Cisco Unity conversation, the subscriber will reach the list limit either by adding members to the two empty lists and creating one new list, or by creating three new lists. If the subscriber reaches the limit by creating three new lists, the subscriber cannot add members to the two empty lists until two lists are deleted.
•When the subscriber uses the Cisco Unity Assistant, the subscriber will reach the list limit by creating one new list. Despite reaching the list limit, the subscriber can add members to the two empty lists.
You can set up private lists for a subscriber on the applicable Subscribers > Subscribers > Private Lists page, though the subscriber is the only person who can send voice messages to the list.
Maximum Members Per List
Enter a number between one and 999 to specify the maximum number of members that subscribers can add to a private list when they use the Cisco Unity conversation or the Cisco Unity Assistant. (There is no limit imposed on the number of members that can be added to a private list when you use the Subscribers > Subscribers > Private Lists page to add members to a list.)
The subscriber is the only person who can send voice messages to the lis
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity/405/administration/guide/ex/sag_0150.html
Cheers!
Rob

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Hello,
Can anyone tell me how I can take a look at the members of a MS Exchange Distribution List? I'm not using Entourage, but I use the Address Book preference "Sync with Exchange".
Thanks!

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How Do I Manage "Group"/"Distribution List" Members?

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How do I solve this question?

In Contacts, you can create Groups, of course. First and best, make the Groups visible (Command-1, or click View in the menu bar, then Groups).
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Using 31.1.0 on Mac & sending to distribution list, server responds 'NW-members "neighborhhod watch" invalid e-mail address because not of form user@host.'

I upgraded to Thunderbird 31.1.0 yesterday. I have not modified the distribution list in the last few weeks. This is the first time I have used the distribution list since the upgrade. I have never received an error message from the mail server objecting to my distribution list. The distribution list has thirty three (33) addresses. The last time I sent email using the distribution list was 8/28/14. Text of 'Invalid Recipient Address' alert box is "NW-members <"neighborhhod watch"> is not a valid e-mail address because it is not of the form user@host. You must correct it before sending the e-mail."
''(I've edited the question details and moved the thread to Thunderbird - c)''

I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved. I noticed you chose your own answer as the solution, can you select the answer that solved the problem. This will help other users with similar problems find the solution more easily.
I also have new information about this.
It looks like it's [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1060901 this bug]. If you have an account on Bugzilla, it would help to vote for that issue.
It seems lists with a description that includes several words have this problem. The bug report suggests replacing the blanks " " between the words in such lists' descriptions with an underscore "_".
If you don't want to change your descriptions, [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1018299#answer-623437 the other workaround provided] still works.

Recursively get distribution list members

Hi,
I've been asked to supply the membership of several of our large distribution lists. However, these lists are heavily nested, so I need to get membership recursively starting from the top level list. The old ONDL.EXE utility could do this. I was wondering if there was a powershell command that could accomplish the same thing. The get-distributiongroupmember cmdlet does not seem to have recursive abilities. If not, could someone help me with a script to do this?
Thanks,
Don

This is kind of long, but works:
(watch line wraps)
Save it as something like get-exgrouprecurse.ps1, and call it like this:
$members = get-exgrouprecurse <group name>
Then, $members will contain all the members full objects, and the group name they are actually in
Code Snippet
# Script to retreive group members #
# Karl Mitschke March 7 2008 #
# heavily modified from recipe 7.3 #
# in 'Active Directory Cookbook' #
# by Robbie Allen #
#requires -pssnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin
param($group)
$UnknownGroup = @{}
function DisplayMembers($group)
$SubGroup = @{}
$AllMembers = @()
if(!$group)
$group = Read-Host "Enter the groups display name"
if ($group.Contains("'"))
$group = $group.Replace("'",'"')
if ($group -eq "/?")
Write-Host "Usage:"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "get-exgrouprecurse -group <group name>"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "or get-exgrouprecurse <group name>"
Write-Host "Returns an object containing the group member, and the group name."
break
$validate = Get-Group $group
if ($validate.RecipientTypeDetails.ToString() -match "mail")
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if ($searchGroup)
foreach ($member in $searchGroup)
$membertype = $member.RecipientTypeDetails
if($membertype -match "Group")
$samname = $member.SamAccountName.ToString()
if ($SubGroup.ContainsKey($samname) -eq $true)
Write-Output "^ already seen group member (stopping to avoid loop)"
else
$SubGroup.Add($samname,$member.DisplayName.ToString())
else
if($member.PrimarySmtpAddress -and $member.RecipientTypeDetails -notcontains "group")
$obj = new-object psObject
$obj | Add-Member -membertype noteproperty -name GroupMember -Value $member
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType noteproperty -Name GroupName -Value $group
$AllMembers += $obj
else
$UnknownGroup.add($group,1)
if($SubGroup.Values.Count -gt 0)
foreach ($subGroup in $SubGroup.values)
DisplayMembers $subGroup
if ($UnknownGroup.Keys.Count -gt 0)
foreach ($LostGroup in $UnknownGroup.keys)
$obj = new-object psObject
$obj | Add-Member -membertype noteproperty -name GroupMember -Value "Cannot enumerate group"
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType noteproperty -Name GroupName -Value $LostGroup
$AllMembers += $obj
$UnknownGroup.Clear()
else
Write-Output "$group does not appear to be mail enabled."
Write-Output $AllMembers
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Setting Up A Contact Distribution List of Family Members for Text Messaging

Friends,
Is it possible to set up a distribution list of my family contacts? I have several brothers and sisters and would like to send the same text message to all of them at once. Can I key all of their phone numbers into one heading such as "family" and then use that as my "phone" number in the TO field?
Please let me know if this is possible and if so, how do I do it?
Thanks for your help.
Doug Talbott Jr.

You can send to multiple people but you can not save them as a group in the stock app but there is a number of apps on market that can do this.Try
Handcent
http://www.handcent.com/
TextPlus
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gogii.textplus&feature=search_result
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Distribution list details blank in client address book

Recently noticed that new distribution lists do not show any list members in their details in the GW8 client address book or WebAccess address book. Older DLs show the list members, but if a member is added, then it too does not show members in the client or WebAccess. It looks proper in ConsoleOne, and mailing to the DL works as expected. Has anyone seen this?

Have you done a "Rebuild Indexes for Listing" on the POA or Domain?
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Unable to open email sent to large distribution lists

Running: iPhone 4, 8GB iOS 7.04 (Note: This same issue was also observed on an iPhone 5S with iOS 7.1.2.)
Email account info: GroupWise IMAP
When attempting to open an email sent to a large distribution list, the email application is extremely slow or crashes.
Opening and closing an email sent to a distribution list containing 2301 members is very slow. When opening an email with a distribution list of 6443 members, the email application hangs for awhile and then closes.

I just noticed that with an email open, selecting "Hide" on the email headers allows the email and all subsequent emails to open as expected. However, attempting to view the additional email header information by selecting "[number of additional email contacts] more..." causes the email application to freeze.

"changes to the distribution list membership cannot be saved. you do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation on this object"

Running Exchange 2010/latest updates on Windows 2008 R2 servers.
When I create a new DL that I want someone to manage, they received the following message when trying to add/remove from the DL:
"changes to the distribution list membership cannot be saved. you do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation on this object"
I have followed everything in "http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/18/453251.aspx" with no luck
Any suggestions?

Piggybacking off of the discussion above, with our deployment of Exchange 2007, we created a set of web-based tools that allowed people to create Exchange Resources including distribution lists. To allow multiple people to manage the lists for a given
department, we programmatically created a group, which is populated with one or more users from the "resource department". We then set the following AD permissions to allow members of the group to manage membership of departmental distribution lists:
Add-ADPermission -User DepartmentalGroup -AccessRights ReadProperty, WriteProperty -Properties 'Member' -DomainController dc.contoso.com
Fast forward to Exchange 2010 and the landscape has changed with Exchange 2010's implementation of Role Based Access Control and I'm struggling to come up with a way to programmatically allow a group of users to manage distribution list membership for a
subset of distribution lists - note that we have approximately 75 departments, with each having its own set of coordinators who should be able to manage distribution lists for their department but not lists created by other departments. The specific
error we receive in Outlook when attempting to modify group membership is the same as the title of this thread - "Changes to the distribution list membership cannot be saved. You do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation on this object".
I implemented the settings referred to at
http://sysadmin-talk.org/2010/06/omg-allowing-end-users-to-manage-distribution-group-membership-in-exchange-2010-2/ which details the process of creating a new management role and revoking the role's ability to create new distribution lists and remove distribution
lists (which we want because we want those actions to be performed using our web tools).
All that to say that the ultimate problem we have is that the above relies on the "ManagedBy" field of a distribution list (viewable by Get-DistributionList Listname | fl *ManagedBy*) to determine group ownership. When "ManagedBy" is set to a user,
the user CAN edit a distribution list's membership from Outlook and OWA. When "ManagedBy" is set to a group, members of the group are UNABLE to edit the membership of the distribution list via Outlook or Outlook Web Access/ECP. Furthermore,
Set-DistributionGroup does not allow you to specify a list of users to assign to the ManagedBy field. However, if "ManagedBy" was set to a specific user and that user logs in to the Exchange Control Panel and adds additional "owners" of the distribution
list, which I can then see from EMS - both the original owner and any additional owners added can in turn modify group membership for the list using Outlook or Outlook Web Access/ECP.
My questions:
1) Is it "expected" behavior that while I can assign a group to the "ManagedBy" property of distribution list, members of that group are still unable to edit the group membership? ...or is there a fix for the behavior I'm seeing?
2) Can multiple values be assigned to the "ManagedBy" property when using Set-DistributionList - ex: Set-DistributionList DLName -ManagedBy:user1,user2
3) Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
-Lance

Edit an "intelligent group" in the "edit distribution list"

Dear all,
how can i edit members of an "intelligent group" in the "edit distribution list"?
What I try to find out is if it is possible to edit members with more than one email adress like it works for a normal group.
I managed to get the "edit distribution Llist" button in the adress book enabled, but I can't edit an "intelligent group".
System:
Mac OS X 10.7.2 (Lion)
Thanks in advance.

If you want to allow edit functionality of attached files without development work, you can tell your users to attach folders instead of documents. When the folder is opened from the detail screen the edit locally functionality is available for the folder's content through the standard hover menu. Of course the task description would have to include instructions on which file to edit. Not perfect, but could be a solution.
Henning

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