Outlook says 'trying to connect'.... what's changed ?

[Guest]

Yesterday I was connected fine to my Outlook server (a company server) from
my office (using VPN and a ADSL modem). Then I had to restart the computer as
I had an problem using the 'serach' function and the computer kinda froze.

When I opened Outllook it was 'trying to connect' with no joy.

When I got home I tried from my home broadband - using the same supplier and
a similar modem I connected without problem.

Back in the office today, same thing happens. 'Trying to connect' and the
following error message:

Task 'Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error (0x8004011D) : 'The server
is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition persists.'

I have contacted the administrator, but with no joy.....

Can anyone help me identify the error mesaage?

 

[Pat Willener]

This usually means that the Exchange Server you are trying to contact is
not available. This can be a problem with the path, the connection, or
the server itself.

- can you ping the server (ping 'server name' from command prompt)
- can you "see" the server (\\'server name' in the address bar of
Windows Explorer)