The distribution group manager cannot use Outlook to view the members of a Universal Distribution Group that has hidden membership in Exchange 2000 Server

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SYMPTOMS

Although you have permissions in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server to manage a Universal Distribution Group (UDG) that has hidden membership, you cannot view the UDG members in Microsoft Outlook. When you view the properties of the UDG in Outlook, the list of members does not appear in the Members box.

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RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

To resolve this problem, obtain the August 2004 Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 3 update rollup.

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870540 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870540/ ) Availability of the August 2004 Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 3 update rollup

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version     Size     File name
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   15-Jan-2004  03:49  6.0.6558.0  602,112  Abv_dg.dll

Note Because of file dependencies, this hotfix requires Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (SP3). For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301378 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301378/ ) How to obtain the latest Exchange 2000 Server service pack

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about hidden UDGs in Exchange 2000 Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

327849 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327849/ ) HOW TO: Work with hidden distribution groups in Exchange 2000

For additional information about the terminology that is used to describe Microsoft product updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/ ) Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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