XADM: Acceptable Form of X.400 O/R Addresses in Exchange

 Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
Article ID: Q158363

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

There are four different forms of X.400 O/R Addresses defined in Volume VIII, Fascicle VIII.7 of the CCITT recommendations (that is, the X.400 Blue Book): mnemonic, numeric, postal, and terminal.

Microsoft Exchange Server only supports the mnemonic form of the O/R Address, which gives the description of a User or Distribution List in relation to the Administration-domain-name (ADMD).

MORE INFORMATION

The mnemonic form of the O/R Address consists of the following attributes, marked as either optional or mandatory: 

   Administration-domain-name (ADMD)      MANDATORY
   Country-name (C)              MANDATORY
At least one of the following must be used, and any combination of the others in the list may be used: 

   Common-name (CN)              OPTIONAL
   Organizational-name (O)          OPTIONAL
   Organizational-unit-names (OU#)        OPTIONAL
   Personal-name                 OPTIONAL
      --may be either Surname(s),Given(g), or Initials(i)
   Private-domain-name (PRMD)          OPTIONAL
In addition to the above attributes, domain-defined attributes (DDAs) can also be used.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbusage XADM
Version : 4.0 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
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