Disable exchange email for one domain user - SBS 2003

Is it possible to disable email access (i.e. Exchange) for one domain user?

I have been requested to create a user for one of my client's investors
so that (from time to time) he can log in on a spare workstation and
peruse files on one particular share, however I do not want this user to
be able to send out email.

I have managed the access to shares via group permissions, but I'm
unsure how to go about deactivating exchange access, or, indeed, if it
is even possible to do this. Could anyone enlighten or disappoint me?

"James Hurrell" <"j_a_hurrell at hotmail com"> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to disable email access (i.e. Exchange) for one domain
> user?
>
> I have been requested to create a user for one of my client's investors so
> that (from time to time) he can log in on a spare workstation and peruse
> files on one particular share, however I do not want this user to be able
> to send out email.
>
> I have managed the access to shares via group permissions, but I'm unsure
> how to go about deactivating exchange access, or, indeed, if it is even
> possible to do this. Could anyone enlighten or disappoint me?


For SBS 2003, go into AUDC, right-click, Exchange tasks, remove Exchange
attributes. That will strip the mailbox from the user account. The mailbox
will remain, but unowned until the rentention time has been met, which by
default is 30 days, or you can purge it manually in the Exchange System
manager.

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Hello James,

Thanks for your post and Ace's input.

I agree with Ace that removing the users Exchange attributes by using Exchange task is a good idea. Here is an article from TechNet for your reference:

Using Active Directory Attributes to Enable, Disable, and Re-Home Mailboxes
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...EXCHG.65).aspx

Hope this helps.


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Robbin Meng(MSFT)
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When I create a new user that I don't want to have a mailbox, I just use the
create new user wizard in server management>users
and after I fill out their first name, last name, user name, I erase the
entry in email alias. The wizard will warn you that there won't be a
mailbox, or something to that effect.

That way, I dont have to figure out how to remove the mailbox, and I have
used the wizard to do all the work, as is the SBS way.


"James Hurrell" <"j_a_hurrell at hotmail com"> wrote in message
news:%23VbLFoxUKHA.508@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Is it possible to disable email access (i.e. Exchange) for one domain
> user?
>
> I have been requested to create a user for one of my client's investors so
> that (from time to time) he can log in on a spare workstation and peruse
> files on one particular share, however I do not want this user to be able
> to send out email.
>
> I have managed the access to shares via group permissions, but I'm unsure
> how to go about deactivating exchange access, or, indeed, if it is even
> possible to do this. Could anyone enlighten or disappoint me?

"M. Murphy" <MMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I create a new user that I don't want to have a mailbox, I just use
> the create new user wizard in server management>users
> and after I fill out their first name, last name, user name, I erase the
> entry in email alias. The wizard will warn you that there won't be a
> mailbox, or something to that effect.
>
> That way, I dont have to figure out how to remove the mailbox, and I have
> used the wizard to do all the work, as is the SBS way.
>

That's one way to do it. :-)

Ace