5.4. Creating a Mail-Enabled Group
Problem
You need to create a new group and mail-enable it so it can be used to send messages.
Solution
Using a graphical user interface
Log on to any machine in your domain that has the Exchange management tools installed.
Open the ADUC snap-in (Users and Computers.msc).
Locate the container in which you want the new group to reside.
Right-click the target container and choose the New→ Group command.
The New Object - Group dialog will appear.
Provide a name for the group and select its scope.
Click the Distribution radio button and then click Next.
Check the Create an Exchange email address checkbox. Give the group a mail alias in the Alias field, then select the administrative group that should own the group object. Click Next.
Click Finish on the summary page.
Using a command-line interface
You can use the
dsadd command (which ships with Windows Server
2003 and can be used for some operations on Windows 2000) to add new
groups from the command line. Here's an example:
> dsadd group "<groupName>" -scope <groupScope>-secgrp { yes | no } -desc <groupDesc>
<groupName> is the full DN of
the group you want to create,
<groupScope> is the group scope
(L for local, G for global, and U for universal), and
<groupDesc> is the description you
want the group to have. The parameter used with the secgrp switch indicates whether you want a
security group (-secgrp yes, the default) or a distribution group
(-secgrp no). Once the group's added, you can use
exchmbx with ...