Allow End Users (owners) to Manage Distribution lists

To allow end users to manage distributions lists in Exchange 2007, open the distribution list in Active Directory Users and Computers. On the security tab, click Advanced. Add the user or group into the list and on the Properties tab, select the Read Members property and Write Members property.

To do this via the Exchange Management Console, run the following command:

Add-ADPermission - ID "Name of distribution list" -User "Name of user or group to provide permissions to" -AccessRights WriteProperty -Properties Member

Add-ADPermission - ID "Name of distribution list" -User "Name of user or group to provide permissions to" -AccessRights ReadProperty -Properties Member

For Exchange 2010, you can configure the owner of groups to be able to manage distribution lists by using RBAC and the following instructions: http://sysadmin-talk.org/2010/06/omg-allowing-end-users-to-manage-distribution-group-membership-in-exchange-2010-2/. Indications are that the previous methods do not work on Exchange 2010.