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Q104519: PC OS2: Err Msg: The Server Path in the MSMAIL.INI Is Missing

Article: Q104519
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 29-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to log on to a version 3.2 Microsoft Mail for PC Networks
postoffice with a version 3.2 Microsoft Mail for PC Networks OS/2 workstation,
and you do not have FileScan rights, you receive the following error:

  Mail could not connect to your Mail server. The server path in the MSMAIL.INI
  file is missing or invalid.

If the ServerPath= line is corrected, you may get the following message:

  Could not find mail system database.

CAUSE
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With the OS/2 client for PC Networks, you cannot log on to a postoffice on a
Novell server without FileScan rights.

RESOLUTION
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Assign FileScan rights to anyone who uses the OS/2 client.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the Novell OS/2 redirector
when it is used with version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, OS/2
workstation. We are researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailPCN320
Version           : WINDOWS:3.2

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