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Tnx Leif,
They are on a SBS-server. And yes, the drive is mapped.
Remapping is not in the picture because all others work fine with the same files.
And opening seems related to Explorer. In Word e.g. it opens like a charm.

Me neither. That takes us back to where we started.
Outlook says it denies access, I click OK and the message is deleted!
Is this odd behavior or isn’t it?

Sorry, there’s nothing of an f: in the rule, it’s a quite simple one: all incoming messages addressed to x@x.com are permanently deleted.
On opening Outlook it searches for the f:mailuser1outlook.pst and loads it without a hazzle.
That’s it.

mapped f: to w2kserverdata
should I change this?
if so, to what exactly
TIA

I knew someone would come with this! But…..how come this network .pst is read without an error? And why does the error occur when the rule is executed on incoming messages? This rule moves certain messages with a specific To to a specific folder of the same .pst-file (still on the network). It really beats me.
Looks like there is a delay between reading access and writing access to this network-path. But that’s something I never heard of.

Well John, I confused myself.LOL
Can’t get hold of the real problem it seems. The error must be an indication there’s something wrong with the mapping.
But when the user clicks on the F: with the red cross he gets access without problems, reading and writing.
But he hates his PC (maybe that’s the problem ) and I can’t get him to do some testing.
And I can’t controll his machine long enough to do the testing.
Guess he just has to live with it. I’m in for any other ideas though.
Tnx anyway, George

Well, this is weird: it also happens to a rule in which certain messages are deleted, not just to deleted items but all the way. I’m afraid I overlooked your suggestion to re-address the folder though. I will do that next week anyway.
In the meantime I was at this client. It gets stranger every time. I noticed the mapping to the network folder wasn’t active, meaning a red cross through the connection in My Computer. BUT: Outlook did open the messages of the PST that resides on a folder on this drive! That might explain why the error doesn’t occur all the time.
And I don’t have to look at Outlook but rather somewhere in the outskirts of networking. Come to think of it, the above rule I mentioned that is deleting messages is on another PC with the pst on the local hard disk. It really makes no sense to me. How about you all, out there? George

Hi,
These usergroups or any other userforum I have searched already don’t seem to answer my question.
Frankly, many usergroups are just a bunch of mavericks making each other mad. Or are trying to get you
into paying support and other hazzles.
That’s why I come to this lounge. To get answers or hints. And I hate being redirected to those other usergroups.
Especially because I always try to find answers before asking myself. I think everbody should do that, otherwise
the wheel will be reinvented eacht time. Mankind should be leaping forward. Sorry about that Hans.
Is there anyone else who can answer this question? TIA, George

Sorry Hans (wheather in Dutch or in English ).
It took some time since the message pops up in once and a while.
In Dutch: u hebt niet de juiste machtigingen voor deze map
That would be in English something like: you are not granted access to this folder
Right Hans?
Anyway: is there a solution for this? As I said, most of the time no problem,
but annoying when it does pop up.
George

Well, it’s in Dutch. I’ll try to find the correct translation later this week.
Tnx anywary,

Nothing is impossible of course. But I take this possibility for a long shot.
Cal4Outlook is syncing only the calendars, has nothing to do with mail.
The other PC is installed in the same way, same programmas etc.
And that doesn’t show this behavior.
I really don’t see any reason why this would help.
If you can give me one I can always try of course.
I’m thinking of uninstalling Office completely, make a copy of the pst-file and get rid of the original one.
Then install Office again, with Outlook brandnew. 1 Account at a time, then Cal4Outlook and the syncing
of the Nokiaphone (only calendars there too, as it is now). And finally import the pst again.
What do you all say of that?

I tried, but no luck.
Opened Outlook 5 times, every time the same trouble.
Customer has to leave his PC on and Outlook open and it works fine.
As soon as he has to restart his PC and Outlook: bang, got you.
Any other ideas?
George

Just did. E-mail wouldn’t work but an oldfashioned telephone call did it.
Got their link and password.
Since it’s not a public hotfix (coldfix? ) it’s not published.
MSTalk?
I’ll post a message when it works.

Hi John, looks a lot like my problem, I agree.
But where can I download this hotfix.
It’s an OEM-version and I can’t contact Microsoft with this PID.
I want to try it and will let you know.
TIA
George

HI,
Did you leave the twilight zone yet. We didn’t. Mail keeps pouring in every time we start up Outlook.
Is there anybody having any idea how to stop this? It’s only when starting up, not when you click Send/Receive
or Send/Receive automatically, like every 10 minutes.
I tried to use /nopollmail when starting Outlook, but that doesn’t help either.
Is there another way of stopping Outlook 2003 checking mail at startup?
This weird behavior is driving us nuts.
Anybody? Please?