special characters for distribution lists

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we will be migrating from a NT4/Exchange 5.5 environment
to Win 2000/Exchange 2000 environment (parent company is
not on 2003 yet). All my distribution lists in Exchange
start with #. Going forward, I can not use special
cartacters that Active Directory does not like.

what characters are legal??

Rich
 
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we will be migrating from a NT4/Exchange 5.5 environment
to Win 2000/Exchange 2000 environment (parent company is
not on 2003 yet). All my distribution lists in Exchange
start with #. Going forward, I can not use special
cartacters that Active Directory does not like.

what characters are legal??

Rich
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Most of the special characters are not legal, similar to Windows Explorer. I
don't have the list, but do know that a dash is legal. Try to stay away from
underscores too (they are especially illegal in a DNS hostname - which will
cause errors). Try to keep consistent with some sort of naming strategy you
should start for your company, it will benefit in the long run.

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Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
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