Create Windows SBS 2008 User Account without Email

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Published on 2009-06-17T10:23:37Z Indexed on 2012/12/16 5:07 UTC
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Just today I've been handed an SBS 2008 server to do some maintenance on. I've never used SBS 2008 before today, so this is a real noob question:

Is it possible to create a user account without creating an associated exchange mailbox? I've been asked to create a new user, but not give them an email address.

I guess I could just disable their email account in Exchange, but is there a nicer method?

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