Default Policy not applying

• Monday, February 20, 2012 12:34 PM

   

   
  

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  Hi All
  
  My Default email address policy is not applying.
  
  Upgraded from 2003 -> 2007,
  
  Have upgraded email address policy and address lists as per this article:
  http://www.fots.nl/index.php/archive/update-legacy-email-address-policies-and-address-lists/
  
  If I edit the default policy I am unable to change any settings, however it does allow me to add email addresses, click next and schedule to apply immediately, next, next..
  
  I then get this error:
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  Summary: 2 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
  Elapsed time: 00:00:00
  
  
  Edit Default Policy
  Failed
  
  Error:
  The operation cannot be completed on the default e-mail address policy.
  
  Exchange Management Shell command attempted:
  set-EmailAddressPolicy -Instance 'Default Policy'
  
  Elapsed Time: 00:00:00
  
  
  Apply Default Policy
  Cancelled
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  
  and the changes I have made, such as adding a email address do not apply and are not saved in the policy, IE: Are not there when I edit the policy again.
  
  
  The policy is also not automatically applying to new users, and so I have to manually add email addresses to there accounts, which then work ..
  

  If I run:
  set-EmailAddressPolicy -Instance 'Default Policy'
  
  in powershell I get the below
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  
  [PS] C:\Windows\system32>set-EmailAddressPolicy -Instance 'Default Policy'
  Set-EmailAddressPolicy : Cannot bind parameter 'Instance'. Cannot convert the "Default Policy" valu
  e of type "System.String" to type "Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.SystemConfiguration.EmailAddre
  ssPolicy".
  At line:1 char:33
  + set-EmailAddressPolicy -Instance <<<< 'Default Policy'
  + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-EmailAddressPolicy], ParameterBindingExcep
  tion
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemC
  onfigurationTasks.SetEmailAddressPolicy
  
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------

  If I Apply the policy i get

  -------------------------------------------------------------------

  Summary: 1 item(s). 1 succeeded, 0 failed.
  Elapsed time: 00:00:02

  
  Apply Default Policy
  Completed

  Exchange Management Shell command completed:
  update-EmailAddressPolicy -Identity 'Default Policy'

  Elapsed Time: 00:00:02

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------

  However the policy  still does not apply to new users (or old)..

  any ideas??

  Many Thanks

  Steve

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