Question : In correct OAB been displayed

I have several people using an Exchange 2003 server from Outlook 2003 via
the RPC over HTTPS connection method. It works fine, with the exception of
the GAL getting messed up at seemingly random times. I have 4 GAL's that
are set up, with permissions configured differently on each. Each user only
has permissions to view the GAL that they are a part of. Occasionally,
users will get a GAL that they have NO permissions to view. If I delete the
.oab files from their desktop system and restart Outlook, the problem
"fixes" itself for a while.


How can I keep people from downloading the wrong OAB? I've already tried
modifying the msExchUseOAB and the msExchQueryBaseDN value of each user
account in AD to the appropriate value. That's what I had to do to get it
to work after deleting the .oab files on their desktops. Each group of
users (in a GAL) are in their own OU in AD as well...so they're about as
separated as they can get.


Why the heck are they getting a list of GAL members to which they have NO
permissions ANYWHERE?????

Answer : In correct OAB been displayed

Its a little too much to paste here, luckily there is a q article that explains it:

843483 Description of Offline Address Book logging in Outlook 2003 Service Pack
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=843483

One more question... you said that setting msExchUseOAB and deleting the .oab file let the correct address book sync.  Do clients that had these
steps carried out still have the problem?