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Q123248: PC WRmt: Err Msg: Postoffice Has Not Accepted Mail Item

Article: Q123248
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, version 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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When version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows has mail queued up and
dials into the EXTERNAL.EXE machine at the postoffice, the following error may
be displayed after a connection has been established:

  Postoffice has not accepted mail item

EXTERNAL.EXE will log the following error in the log file:

  Connection end. Disk storage full.

CAUSE
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This error could be caused by missing subdirectories under the MAI or ATT
directory.

RESOLUTION
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The MAI directory has 16 subdirectories, MA0 through MAF. The ATT directory has
16 subdirectories, AT0 through ATF. Missing subdirectories are often a result of
backup and restore processes that are not configured to include empty
directories or zero-length files. The POPULATE.MSM file is used to ensure the
directory is not completely empty.

If subdirectories are missing from the MAI or ATT directory, either restore them
from a backup copy. If no backup exists, create them using the MS-DOS Make
Directory (MD) command and copy POPULATE.MSM from another mail subdirectory,
then change the attribute to read only.

NOTE: If you do not restore from backup copies but you just re-create the missing
subdirectories, any mail messages or attachments in the directory prior to its
loss will no longer be available.

Additional query words: 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailRemote320
Version           : WINDOWS:3.2

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