How to Make an Exchange Mail Enabled Public Folder an AD Distribution List Member

I came across this issue at work today. A customer wanted to use a Distribution List to send incoming faxes to an Exchange user mailbox and an Exchange e-mail enabled public folder because the fax to e-mail bridge device was incapable of sending the fax to multiple recipients. After I created the DL Group in AD, I couldn’t add the Public Folder or it’s associated e-mail address as a member. Soon after, I realized that the Exchange objects were not visible from Active Directory Users and Computers. Using Exchange System Manager, I browsed to the Public Folder and added the Public Folder to the Group. It works in the other direction. Checking the membership of the group in Active Directory Users and Computers, I found that the Public Folder was visible as a member.

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