Exchange Server Advice for Students

[rjones]

Hi,

 

Happy New Year to you all!

 

I have Exchange 2003 and have been asked to setup email address for some of our students. Ideally i need to stop students being able to email staff, but possibly allow staff to email students (not essential).

 

I would prefer if students could not see the contacts list for staff too!

 

I need to know the best way to achieve this.

 

I have heard some people creating a whole new mail store or would it be better to do this by creating a new GAL?

 

Any suggestions?!

 

Thank you in advance.

Edited January 6, 2010 by rjones

[maf_001]

Hi,

 

If your students are just using OWA you can restrict the address book to look at a OU within AD see,

 

XCCC: How to Restrict OWA Address View Searches

 

You can use a tool like ADModify to bulk change the value for all your users.

 

As for restriction students from emailing staff i know this is possible in exchange 2007, but i cannot remember if it is possible in 2003

 

In 2007 you can apply delievery restirictions on a per mailbox lvl, so you can say Reject messages from teh group "Students" which would just bounce all emails from students.

 

Hope this part helps

 

Mark

[nicholab]

Sorry that seems mad I used to work at a school were students were expected to use e-mail to communicate with staff.

[clareq]

We've used separate GALs to prevent students seeing the staff address book, but allow students to e-mail staff. We have however, set a limit of 5 to the number of recepients, after the first week of using Exchange saw students sending mail to all users in the address book.

[powdarrmonkey]

Sorry that seems mad I used to work at a school were students were expected to use e-mail to communicate with staff.

 

And I at one that didn't provide student email at all; it's the head's decision.