Address List Service
Topic Last Modified: 2008-11-21
The Address List Service is a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 service that updates recipient objects within a domain with specific types of information. For example, the Address List Service updates recipient objects with e-mail addresses and address list membership at scheduled intervals. Usually an administrator is responsible for determining the intervals at which this service runs.
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This feature was called Recipient Update Service in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and earlier versions of Exchange Server.
When you modify or create a recipient policy, the e-mail addresses for the address types that you have modified or added will be generated the next time that the Address List Service is scheduled to run. The Address List Service only processes changes that were made since the last time that it was run, so it is very efficient. You must have at least one Address List Service for each domain in your organization, and it must be run from a computer that is running Exchange 2007.