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Exporting List in Exchange 5.5

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I Our network changed exchange servers. We moved all of the mailboxes to the new server but not all of the information was moved. We had a large list of users with all of the fields filled in. (Ex: office, title, ...) None of that information was moved. Can I export that data from the old server to a file and import from the new one? I tried it but not all of the information would come across. Please Help...

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by duwaned

Hi.

By default, the Exchange Administrator program does not export all of the data fields associated with a mailbox, custom recipient, or DL. If you need a particular field that is not exported by default, the following are your two available methods:

1)Create a header file that contains all of the headers that you want to export. You can do this in the following two ways:
a) Use the Header.exe program in the Microsoft Exchange Resource Kit to create a file with the data field names that you want to export.
b) Manually create a file with the data fields you want to export.

2) To export all of the data fields associated with an object, instead of creating a header file with all the data field names, use one of the sample headerfiles available on the Microsoft Exchange Server CD-ROM 4.0 in the Support\Samples\Csvs directory. There are subdirectories that contain header files for mailboxes, custom recipients, and DLs. Copy the relevant .CSV file from the CD to your hard drive, remove the Read-Only attribute on the file, and then run the Export command from the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program, specifying the file that you copied from the CD. The Export command will read all the headers in the file specified andwill export those attributes.

I hope this makes sense! If not, give me a shout, and I will be glad to help.

Regards.
Duwane

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