'ghost' user is haunting us!!

[Guest]

hello all. I have an Exchange 2000 environment with Outlook 2000 all updated
and patched to latest.

When sending a calendar invitation to a particular user, a response comes
back from a 'ghost' user who is no longer in Active Directory or Exchange
(and hasn't been for 6 months):

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

Xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxx on 10/25/2004 2:50 PM
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization this
message was sent to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the recipient
directly to find out the correct address.

There are no delegates on the invited users account, nor any email rules
setup to forward email or reply, etc. It's just bizarre. What could be
causing this auto reply from Exchange?

Thanks in advance!

peeb

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You can use the mdbvu32.exe Exchange Resource Kit utility to remove the
Schedule+ rule that is causing this.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

 

[Guest]

I used the mdbvu32.exe utility and looked EXTENSIVELY (followed some
directions to remove I found lying around on the internet) but saw nothing
that points to schedule+ or a schedule with a delegate attached to even
remove. Scratching forehead now. I thought maybe you were onto something
here with this, but honestly I didn't see anything in there... perhaps I'm
overlooking it? Can you provide more specific assistance?
(e-mail address removed)

thanks

You can use the mdbvu32.exe Exchange Resource Kit utility to remove the
Schedule+ rule that is causing this.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

hello all. I have an Exchange 2000 environment with Outlook 2000 all
updated
and patched to latest.

When sending a calendar invitation to a particular user, a response comes
back from a 'ghost' user who is no longer in Active Directory or Exchange
(and hasn't been for 6 months):

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

Xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxx on 10/25/2004 2:50 PM
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization this
message was sent to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the recipient
directly to find out the correct address.

There are no delegates on the invited users account, nor any email rules
setup to forward email or reply, etc. It's just bizarre. What could be
causing this auto reply from Exchange?

Thanks in advance!

peeb

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Take a look at this article. It says it only applies to Exchange 5.5 but it
still works
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312433

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

I used the mdbvu32.exe utility and looked EXTENSIVELY (followed some
directions to remove I found lying around on the internet) but saw nothing
that points to schedule+ or a schedule with a delegate attached to even
remove. Scratching forehead now. I thought maybe you were onto something
here with this, but honestly I didn't see anything in there... perhaps I'm
overlooking it? Can you provide more specific assistance?
(e-mail address removed)

thanks

You can use the mdbvu32.exe Exchange Resource Kit utility to remove the
Schedule+ rule that is causing this.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

hello all. I have an Exchange 2000 environment with Outlook 2000 all
updated
and patched to latest.

When sending a calendar invitation to a particular user, a response
comes
back from a 'ghost' user who is no longer in Active Directory or
Exchange
(and hasn't been for 6 months):

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

Xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxx on 10/25/2004 2:50 PM
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization this
message was sent to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the
recipient
directly to find out the correct address.

There are no delegates on the invited users account, nor any email
rules
setup to forward email or reply, etc. It's just bizarre. What could
be
causing this auto reply from Exchange?

Thanks in advance!

peeb

 

[Guest]

Thanks Robert. I was able to delete the associated rule using that article.
Tremendous help!

Take a look at this article. It says it only applies to Exchange 5.5 but it
still works
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312433

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

I used the mdbvu32.exe utility and looked EXTENSIVELY (followed some
directions to remove I found lying around on the internet) but saw nothing
that points to schedule+ or a schedule with a delegate attached to even
remove. Scratching forehead now. I thought maybe you were onto something
here with this, but honestly I didn't see anything in there... perhaps I'm
overlooking it? Can you provide more specific assistance?
(e-mail address removed)

thanks

You can use the mdbvu32.exe Exchange Resource Kit utility to remove the
Schedule+ rule that is causing this.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
hello all. I have an Exchange 2000 environment with Outlook 2000 all
updated
and patched to latest.

When sending a calendar invitation to a particular user, a response
comes
back from a 'ghost' user who is no longer in Active Directory or
Exchange
(and hasn't been for 6 months):

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

Xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxx on 10/25/2004 2:50 PM
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization this
message was sent to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the
recipient
directly to find out the correct address.

There are no delegates on the invited users account, nor any email
rules
setup to forward email or reply, etc. It's just bizarre. What could
be
causing this auto reply from Exchange?

Thanks in advance!

peeb

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You're welcome!

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

Thanks Robert. I was able to delete the associated rule using that
article.
Tremendous help!

Take a look at this article. It says it only applies to Exchange 5.5 but
it
still works
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312433

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

I used the mdbvu32.exe utility and looked EXTENSIVELY (followed some
directions to remove I found lying around on the internet) but saw
nothing
that points to schedule+ or a schedule with a delegate attached to even
remove. Scratching forehead now. I thought maybe you were onto
something
here with this, but honestly I didn't see anything in there... perhaps
I'm
overlooking it? Can you provide more specific assistance?
(e-mail address removed)

thanks


:

You can use the mdbvu32.exe Exchange Resource Kit utility to remove
the
Schedule+ rule that is causing this.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
hello all. I have an Exchange 2000 environment with Outlook 2000
all
updated
and patched to latest.

When sending a calendar invitation to a particular user, a response
comes
back from a 'ghost' user who is no longer in Active Directory or
Exchange
(and hasn't been for 6 months):

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

Xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxx on 10/25/2004 2:50 PM
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization
this
message was sent to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the
recipient
directly to find out the correct address.

There are no delegates on the invited users account, nor any email
rules
setup to forward email or reply, etc. It's just bizarre. What
could
be
causing this auto reply from Exchange?

Thanks in advance!

peeb