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Q104276: PC Win: Err Msg: Mail Failed to Relocate Message File

Article: Q104276
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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With versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows, when you try to
implement Inbox Shadowing, the following error message may occur:

  Unable to begin inbox shadowing

When you try to move the Mail message file (.MMF) locally, the following error
message may occur:

  Mail failed to relocate message file

NOTE: For more information about Inbox Shadowing, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q96718 PC Win: Description and Use of Inbox Shadowing

CAUSE
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There are two basic causes of these messages:

- Mail for Windows cannot open, read, or write to the user's ACCESS3.GLB file.

- The user's data contained in the ACCESS3.GLB file does not match the user
  name the user is currently logged in as.

As a result, Mail cannot add the messages in the Inbox to the shadowing Add list
in the message store.

In addition, a corrupt .MMF can also cause the problem.

RESOLUTION
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For more information, please contact Microsoft Product Support Services Monday
through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, at (206) 635-7022
or (900) 555-2100. If you are outside the United States, contact the Microsoft
subsidiary for your area. To locate your subsidiary, call Microsoft
International Customer Service at (206) 936-8661.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20 errmsg database

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail300 kbMail320 kbMail300b
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2

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