Address lists are special groupings of email accounts that allow users to quickly find specific email users that are part of some logical grouping in the GAL. The RUS is responsible for creating and maintaining the address list links to the mail-enabled objects. The RUS links an address list to mail-enabled objects by adding the address list’s distinguished name to the object’s showInAddressBook multivalue attribute. Once an address list has been created, it can take hours or days for the RUS to fully populate the list by stamping all related objects’ showInAddressBook attributes, depending on the size of your organization.

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