Exchange 2007: hide users mailboxes from exchange lists

[Wiro]

I have a lot of email accounts on my Exchange Server 2007. Many of them are not used and so I want to hide them. I don't know the exact method for doing this and so I want to ask you about the same. Do you know how to hide email accounts?

[Glenny]

This is quiet easy and you can do that manually on Exchange Server. To hide a user from Address Lists, go to user properties, then Exchange, Advanced tab and check "Hide from Exchange address lists". However this will hide the mailboxes completely. You need to fire a query on the server in order to recover these mailboxes.

[Eric B]

In the Exchange administrator application, open user properties for which you want to hide. Now go to the Exchange Advanced tab and then check the Hide from Exchange Address List. Click OK to confirm changes.

[mv]

To hide users mailboxes from exchange lists:

• Go to Start - Programs - Administrative Tools - Active Directory Users & Computers.
• Find the user in Active Directory.
• Select the user name then right-click and select Properties
• Click on the Exchange Advance tab and check the "Hide from Exchange Address Lists" box