How to create a VB code with global address list connection?

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I maintain a global roster of almost 3000 resources around the globe. I often send emails out. however there are always inactive addresses out there. is it possible to create a VB code to connect to our corporate address book and check if that persons email is still active or not based on my list of names?i'm super new to VB.Thank you for your responses.

What I have tried:

i tried doing it manually by pasting names in the TO field in outlook and check if an error shows up. i also tried using AD thru Power Query but it takes so much time to download.

Posted 13-Apr-16 21:45pm

Shilos_Dad

Updated 15-Apr-16 13:31pm

Richard MacCutchan

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[no name] 14-Apr-16 17:11pm

Every Email address once created, will not be overriden later. So theoretically they are all active. But whether people are still actively using them, i think you need an information like when they were recently being used from the Hosts. I dont think they will be sharing stuff like this with you.

Shilos_Dad 15-Apr-16 1:27am

thanks for your response. Is there a way to query the AD if the account is still active thru a VB script?

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User 11061201 · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-15T13:31:00

check these,

http://neophob.com/2006/09/get-e-mail-address-from-active-directory-vbs-script/
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1f8a52a5-34e2-42e2-afff-d5b90e5b739b/retrieve-ad-info-for-one-user-using-vbscript?forum=scripting
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/282627/vbscript-ldap-is-there-a-way-to-query-for-physicaldeliveryofficename-using-the
http://serverfault.com/questions/27223/command-line-active-directory-query-email-address-for-username