Platform SDK: Exchange Server

Distribution-List (groupOfNames) Object Class

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:

LDAP name Microsoft Exchange name Mandatory Heuristics 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 Physical-Delivery-Office-Name 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 Locality-Name 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) The distinguished name (DN) of the mailbox that "owns" this distribution list
member Member N 20 2 Object(OR-Name) The list of DNs that are members of the distribution list