SelectiveSenderName for Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010


Version: 1.0.0.1

This version can work on Exchange 2007 SP 1 with Update Rollup 4 or a later update rollup installed. 



Purpose

SelectiveSenderName application allows you to set "Simple Display Name" attribute as a display name of the sender based on recipient's e-mail domain or on recipient's group membership. The application includes a program to define e-mail domains and groups that will be affected. It also provide an easy way to modify Simple Display Name value of any mail-enabled Active Directory object. 

This application provides an ability to use different sender display names for internal and external e-mails. 


Scenario 1.
Your organization used to place to the user Display Name the things like department name, job code, title, etc... 
You don't want that information being sent to external recipients. 

Scenario 2.
Active directory Display Names use non-western symbols, but you wish the sender name will contain only ASCII symbols in the external e-mails addressed to the certain e-mail domains. 
Microsoft is supporting this feature in Exchange 2003 and in Exchange 2007 but not in Exchange 2010. 

The application is a transport agent for Exchange server. 

Current version: 1.0.0.1
This version can work on Exchange 2007 SP 1 with Update Rollup 4 or a later service pack/update rollup installed. 




Installation


On your Exchange 2007/2010 Hub Transport Server or Edge server computer:
1. Select (or create) a user account that is a member of the local Administrators, Domain Admins and Domain Users security groups. 
2. Log on locally as that user. 
3. Create C:\Program Files\SelectiveSenderName2007\ directory. 
4. Download SelectiveSenderName2007-Demo.zip archive file to C:\Program Files\SelectiveSenderName2007\ directory and extract all files. 
5. Run a command prompt. If you are running Exchange 2007, navigate to C:\Program Files\SelectiveSenderName2007\Ex2007 directory. If you are running Exchange 2010, navigate to C:\Program Files\SelectiveSenderName2007\Ex2010 directory. 
6. From the command prompt run install.bat. 



Testing


Run the Exchange Management Console and navigate to Recipient Configuration > Distribution Group. Create a new mail-enabled distribution group named TestDistrGroup1. Then add yourself into this group.
 
Run SelectiveSenderNameSetup.exe. Click "AD Objects" button. Make sure your mailbox has the Simple Display Name attribute assigned. Hit "OK" to close the child window. Now click "Add" button in the top frame. Populate "E-mail domain" field with external domain where you have a mailbox (i.e. yahoo.com). Click "OK" to close the window.  

Open Outlook and create a new e-mail message to any external address you can control. Send this message. Open a message you just sent on recipient's end and make sure that the sender display name has been substituted. 

Click "Delete all" button to clear the list of e-mail domains. Now click "Add" button in the second frame. Select TestDistrGroup1 from a list and hit OK.

Open Outlook again and create a new e-mail message to the same external address. Open a message you just sent on recipient's end and make sure that the sender display name has been substituted. 

We have tested SelectiveSenderName on Exchange 2007 64 bit SP2 with Update Rollup 3 (a single server that plays Hub Transport, Client Access and Mailbox roles) on Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2.
The program also has been tested on Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 Edition. 




Limitations

SelectiveSenderName 2007 utility version 1.0.0.1 can work on Exchange 2007 SP 1 with Update Rollup 4 or a later service pack/update rollup installed. 




Uninstallation


1. Run a command prompt. If you are running Exchange 2007, navigate to C:\Program Files\SelectiveSenderName2007\Ex2007 directory.
If you are running Exchange 2010, navigate to C:\Program Files\SelectiveSenderName2007\Ex2010 directory.
2. From the command prompt run uninstall.bat
3. Delete C:\Program Files\SelectiveSenderName2007\ directory. 




About this demo version. 

SelectiveSenderName demo version adds [SelectiveSenderName 2007 DEMO] to the Subject line of each message processed. 




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I greatly appreciate your comments and criticism.



Victor Ivanidze

victor.ivanidze@ivasoft.com
www.ivasoft.com



