Exchange 2003 - screwed

[Gatt]

Ok E2k3 died and have been trying to rebuild it..

 

I've deleted all the mailboxes, uninstalled it, and then removed traces from ADSI and from ADS&S...

 

Rebooted everything and re-installed E2k3 (on new box)..

Created mailboxes again

reconfigured outlook on test pc to point to new Server - only to get the delightful

 

"Bookmark Not Valid" when trying to check the name/mailbox - ARGH!

found that there were no permissions on Auth Users (same for Everyone but not sure if i need them set) so added permissions

 

Tried again.. this time i get "Name cannot be matched to a name in the address list"

 

Checked in ADUC - users have mailboxes BUT no SMTP addresses (eg [email protected]l)

 

WTF?

 

Rebooted DC & Exchange - no luck

 

At a loss - tried all the relevent support KBs to no avail (rebuilt OAB, etc, left it a day to replicate - nada.)

 

Anyone else had this or know how to resolve it?

[Gatt]

Getting this error in the Event Log when i try to rebuild the OAB..

 

Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	MSExchangeSA
Event Category:	General 
Event ID:	9301
Date:		20/07/2007
Time:		09:47:24
User:		N/A
Computer:	GOLD
Description:
Failed to generate offline Address Book /dc=internal/dc=mhs/cn=Configuration/cn=Services/cn=Microsoft Exchange/cn=Moorside High School/cn=Address Lists Container/cn=Offline Address Lists/cn=Default Offline Address List, error 'c10306cd' 

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