MS MAIL

[Frenchie]

Hi,

We have been using MS MAIL for several years now and have been able to
use it in Outlook 97, 2000, XP and 2003 without any problem.

Yesterday I created a VPN Tunnel between our Eastern and our Western
office in hope that our staff on the East Coast could also use the
INTERNAL mail.

The funny thing is that we can now send messages to the east coast
using the internal MS Mail address and the East Coast staff can reply
to those email but they cannot write new emails. When they do and try
to send it, they get the "The operation failed. An object could not be
found" error message.

I have did quiet an extensive search and I cannot find a solution...
Can anyone help.
THanks in advance.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

It wasn't extensive enough. It's a common problem with ms mail and
Outlook 2003. See http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/msmail.htm - middle of
the page for resolutions.

 

[Frenchie]

Thanks for the Reply,

I followed your instruction and I am now able to send out but only when
I pick the name from the contact list.

If I try to type the name in the TO line and use the check name
feature, it does not give me that error message but the email stays in
the OUTBOX and does not have a date and time. I have tried to delete
the 'Check name' default names that appear when typing a name and using
the CTRL+K choose the right name from the contact list but it always
goes back...

I'm not sure if this is as clear as mud but anyway...it still does not
work completely.
Do you know of any other similar program to do internal mailling?

THanks for your time.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

there are a number of free or low cost IMAP mail servers that should more
than meet your needs. As with MS Mail, you can run them on any computer in
the network that can be left on 24/7 - and it doesn't have have to be a new
computer - they work pretty good on older hardware, especially for light
mail flow.

some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/enterprise.htm#imap but there are
many others available.