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Exchange Dynamic Distribution Group Delivery Problems

Consider the following:

An Exchange Dynamic Distribution Group has a valid recipient filter, and the filter generates the desired resultant set of recipients with the following PowerShell command:

Get-Recipient - RecipientPreviewFilter $(Get-DynamicDistributionGroup "name").RecipientFilter

However, when a user sends a message to the group, no messages are delivered, and the sender does not receive an NDR.

One possible cause of this issue is a property of the dynamic distribution group called RecipientContainer.  This is similar to the SearchBase attribute of the Get-ADUser cmdlet: it specifies the container in which to apply the RecipientFilter.  Therefore, the RecipientContainer must be the OU (Or a parent of) in which the desired users are stored.

More info here: https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2008/11/05/dynamic-distribution-lists-not-working-as-expected-0-recipients-during-mail-routing/