The Distribution-List object class is exposed through LDAP as the "groupOfNames" object class. Distribution-List (groupOfNames) Attributes
The following table describes many of the commonly used attributes present on the groupOfNames object class.
| LDAPName | Microsoft Exchange name |
Man-datory |
Heur-istics |
ACL | Syntax | Comment |
| Company | Company | N | 18 | 1 | String(Unicode) | Used mainly for address-book view grouping |
| department | Department | N | 18 | 1 | String(Unicode) | Used mainly for address-book view grouping |
| PhysicalDeliveryOfficeName | office | N | 18 | 1 | String(Unicode) | Used mainly for address-book view grouping |
| st | State-Or-Province-Name | N | 18 | 1 | String(Unicode) | Used mainly for address-book view grouping |
| title | Title | N | 18 | 1 | String(Unicode) | Used mainly for address-book view grouping |
| co | Text-Country | N | 18 | 2 | String(Unicode) | Used mainly for address-book view grouping |
| l | City | N | 18 | 2 | String(Unicode) | Used mainly for address-book view grouping |
| Hide-DL-Membership | Hide-DL-Membership | N | 20 | 1 | Boolean | Indicates if the membership should be hidden from the client (default is FALSE) |
| owner | Owner | N | 20 | 1 |
Object (DS-DN) |
Distinguished name (DN) of the mailbox that "owns" this distribution list |
| member | Members | N | 20 | 2 |
Object (OR-Name) |
List of DNs that are members of the distribution list |