Microsoft Exchange Email Address Variables

digitalkid — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:40:31 +0000

From time to time it is necessary to apply an email address policy using a non-standard name for the user (e.g. instead of the users alias JOHN@DOMAIN.COM you need JSMITH@DOMAIN.COM). This can be accomplished across the entire organization by editing the Recipient Policies/email Address policies and using the following variables before (to the left of…) the @ symbol in the domain. Here are the variables and some examples:

%g = givenName (First Name)

%s = sn (surName or Last Name)

%d = Display Name

%m Exchange Alias (Usually default for email addresses).

Here are some examples of how to combine and use these variables to customize your Recipient Policy/Email Addresses.

%1g.%s@DOMAIN.COM — This will give you j.smith@DOMAIN.COM

%g%s@DOMAIN.COM — This will give you johnsmith@DOMAIN.COM

%g@DOMAIN.COM — This will give you john@DOMAIN.COM

I am sure there are more that I can think of but you get the idea.

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Microsoft Exchange Email Address Variables