Hi there, I am wondering if this is a bug or if anyone can help... A user was accidentally deleted in AD. We recovered the user successfully and attempted to reconnect the user's mailbox. When you reconnect, a dialog opens in which we are supposed to select the AD user to whom the mailbox will be connected. Here is the problem: (Windows 2003 Domain Controller, Exchange Server 2003 on same box) When we type in the user's login (Dialog: Select a new user for this mailbox)and click check name it returns an error message saying it can't find it (An object (User or Other object) with the following name cannot be found:"PatrickK" Check the selected object types and locations for accuracy and ensure that you have typed the object name correctly, or remove this object from the selection) Now, this is a standard AD "can't find the user" message. This is despite the fact that we are selecting our domain. When we click advanced and search for all users and objects, the only objects that are returned are the users and groups of the local machine; not the domain. This occurs even when we select our domain as the object to search. It seems to ignore it and only search the local machine directory. The same occurs when we try to connect the mailbox to any account on our domain. Is this due toExchange and the Domain Controllerbeing on the same box? Any hints or comments appreciated. Thanks!

If you go to ADUC, and user properties, do you see Exchange attributes on the user? If yes, you need to remove exchange attribute and then connect mailbox.

If you go to ADUC, and user properties, do you see Exchange attributes on the user? If yes, you need to remove exchange attribute and then connect mailbox.

Perfect! Worked a treat. Thank you for taking the time torespond.

Good to know.

Good to know.

Thank you - worked for me.