How to Populate the Default Offline Address List

 

MAPI clients such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 can download offline address lists, so that users can compose e-mail messages even when they are disconnected from their Exchange server. To make it possible for clients to download these address lists, you must first create the address lists on the server. By default, there is an offline address list named the Default Offline Address List that contains the global address list. If necessary, you can populate this list with any other address list that you have created. This procedure outlines how to populate the default offline address list.

Before You Begin

When you upgrade Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003, offline address book replication between your servers might no longer work as you expect. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 817377, "Offline Address Book Replication Does Not Work after You Upgrade to Exchange Server 2003."

Procedure

To populate the default offline address list

1. In Exchange System Manager, click the Offline Address Lists container, right-click Default Offline Address List, and then click Properties.

2. In the Default Offline Address List Properties dialog box (see the following figure), click Add to add any address list that you have created. You can add as many address lists as you require. Then click OK.

   Default Offline Address List Properties dialog box