Email Addresses Stored as Active Directory Paths

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

In some cases email address properties on CDOEXM interfaces are represented as Windows Active Directory paths. While you may enter standard email addresses, they will be converted to Active Directory paths. To complete a LDAP URL using an Active Directory path you typically must add "LDAP://<server>/" and "CN=<first tree item>" .

For example, setting the IMailboxStore.HomeMDB to “user1@somewhere.microsoft.com” will result in the HomeMDB value being set to the AD name (e.g. cn=Private MDB,cn=First Storage Group,...)

See The Active Directory and CDOEXM for more information on the use of the Active Directory in Exchange.