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Messages to a Distribution List are delayed in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

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Symptoms

It takes you a long time to expand a Distribution List in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment. Therefore, messages that are delivered to this Distribution List are delayed.

Notes
  • This issue usually occurs if the Distribution List contains lots of groups or users.
  • This issue does not occur in an Exchange Server 2003 environment.

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Cause

This issue occurs because the Exchange Server 2007 server does not cache the result of the Distribution List expansion, and directly makes queries to the Active Directory directory service.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, download Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) from the following Microsoft website, and then install it on the Exchange Server 2007 server:�
Download Exchange Server 2007 SP3

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Keywords: KB951000, kbqfe, kbfix, kbexpertiseinter, kbsurveynew, atdownload

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Article Info
Article ID : 951000
Revision : 1
Created on : 6/23/2011
Published on : 6/23/2011
Exists online : False
Views : 445