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Another option you have is to rebuild the Global Address List. This changes the major version of the list and it insures that the changes are propagated to the client sooner. -- +-------------------------------------------+ | Michael Surato | | College of Arts and Letters | | Michigan State University | | 320 Linton Hall | | East Lansing, MI 48824 | | Voice: (517) 353-0778 Fax: (517) 355-0159 | +-------------------------------------------+ >>> On 3/17/2009 at 10:07 AM, Al Puzzuoli <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Interesting. > > In this case, I made the change last Wednesday or Thursday. As of this > morning, it still hadn't shown up. Will updating RUS cause the clients > to update sooner? I can make the change appear by manually downloading > the address book, so assumed that updating RUS would have no effect. > > Thanks to both of you for your thoughts! > > Al > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Charlot, Firmin > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:44 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Can I make Exchange clients Download the Offline > Address Book More often? > > Jon is right. Additionally, you can run an update on the Recipient > Update Service (RUS) located under system manager. That should take > care of it. > > Firm. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Jon Galbreath > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:39 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Can I make Exchange clients Download the Offline > Address Book More often? > > Outlook will eventually catch up on the downloaded copy and that person > will disappear. I think by default, it downloads every 24 hours, but > with the program getting closed and opened repeatedly, I don't know how > that affects the schedule. Plus with the server regenerating the GAL at > night, the cycles can be thrown off that way too if they don't happen to > match up for a few days. > > Also, I've had problems where I can force a GAL update in the middle of > the day and then make Outlook try to download the changes, but even when > the download completes, the changes aren't there. So I'll usually just > delete the OAB files and redownload from scratch. > > As far as I know, there's no GPO to force more frequent updates in > Outlook. > > Jon > > Jon Galbreath > MCSE/Security+ > Systems Administrator > International Studies and Programs > Ph: 517-884-2144 > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Al Puzzuoli > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:33 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MSUNAG] Can I make Exchange clients Download the Offline > Address Book More often? > > The subject pretty much says it all. Last week, I removed a user from a > distribution group; However as of today, most of my clients are still > showing that person as being part of the list. If I manually redownload > the offline address book on each client, the change shows up. Is there > a GPO or something that controls the frequency of address book updates? > > TIA, > > > > Al Puzzuoli > > Michigan State University > > Information Technologist > http://www.rcpd.msu.edu > > Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities > > 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 > > 517-884-1915 >