Platform SDK: Exchange Server

Formatting PAB Entries and Personal Distribution Lists

You can enter new personal address book (PAB) or personal distribution list data or you can move existing data into the migration file. The following example illustrates the formatting of each PAB data section:

PAB,migrate:PROFS:SANFRN(HOWARDS)
Obj-class,Display-Name,Email-Address,First,Last,Address,City,\\
State,Zip,Country,Title,Company,Department,Office,Assistant,\\
Bus-Num,Bus2-Num,Assist-Num,Fax-Num,Home-Num,Home2-Num,\\
Mobile-Num,Pager-Num,Note
entry,Pat Parkes,SMTP:patp@Litware.com,Pat,Parkes,,,,\\
,,,"Litware, Inc.",,,,,,,,4155551212,,,,
entry,Dad,X400:cn=ronar;p=NWTraders;a= ;c=JP,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
dl,My Friends,Dad;Pat Parkes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\\
Personal Distribution List of my friends

The following table describes the fields in the header line. Only the first three fields (Obj-class, Display-Name, and Email-Address) are required, but the header line must have all the fields in the order shown. Only the first three fields and the Note heading are valid for personal distribution lists.

Heading Description
Obj-class Required. The type of entry. For a single recipient, entry. For personal distribution lists, dl.
Display-Name Required. Friendly name.
Email-Address Required. E-mail address or addresses. For personal distribution lists, use a semi-colon to separate addresses. (If the source system doesn't support this information, put in the invalid data: USER: Display-Name)
First Given name.
Last Surname.
Address Street address.
City City name.
State State or province.
Zip Zip or postal code.
Country Recipient's country.
Title Position in the company.
Company Company name.
Department Department name or number.
Office Office location.
Assistant Assistant's name.
Bus-Num Primary business telephone number.
Bus2-Num Secondary business telephone number.
Assist-Num Telephone number of the recipient's assistant.
Fax-Num Fax number.
Home-Num Primary home telephone number.
Home2-Num Secondary home telephone number.
Mobile-Num Cellular telephone number.
Pager-Num Pager number.
Note Description or note for this entry or distribution list.