Recipients, Folders and Groups

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

A recipient can be a person (user), a folder or a group. The following defines the types of recipients with respect to their object and mailbox type.

• Mailbox-enabled recipients have both a mail address and an Exchange mailbox.
• Mail-enabled recipients have a mail address but do not have an Exchange mailbox. Mail sent to this type of recipient is typically forwarded to another email location outside of Exchange.
• Mail-enabled folders are folders in which items can be posted.
• Mail-enabled group are distribution lists.
• The following defines the characteristics of these mail recipient types.

  Recipient type	Email address	Actual mailbox in store
  Mailbox-enabled recipient	Address can be a store mailbox or set to a forwarding address.	The mailbox is private for the recipient
  Mail-enabled recipient	Mail is forwarded to this address.	No mailbox.
  Mail-enabled folder	An address to the folder.	The "mailbox" is a folder in which items are posted
  Mail-enabled group	A group address. (Mail is routed to those in the group.)	No mailbox. The group serves essentially as a distribution list

  
  

When any of these recipient types are disabled, then the Exchange 2000 server does not provide access to them via standard email protocols. From an email perspective, the server does not recognize the address unless they are enabled.