Q169328: MSMail: Network Name Could Not be Found When Creating a New PO

Article: Q169328
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.2,3.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtshoot kbusage
Last Modified: 22-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0, 3.2, 3.5 
- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you create a new Microsoft Mail for PC Networks postoffice using the
Administrator program, you may get the following error message:

  The network name could not be found.

CAUSE
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You may have selected the route type as Indirect, and in the Via field you have
entered a network name that does not exist. You must define the external
postoffice before using it as a hub to the new, indirect postoffice that you are
creating.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem:

1. Press ESC, then while still in the MS Mail Administrator program, select
  External Admin (letter E), the select Create (letter C).

2. Type the network name of the hub postoffice.

3. Type the postoffice name of the hub postoffice.

4. Specify the route type, which probably will be "Direct" routing. If this hub
  postoffice is downstream from another hub, make sure that the other hub is
  defined. If the other hub is not defined, repeat steps 1 through 4 for the
  other hub before going on to step 5.

5. Finish defining all the hubs and the new postoffices in the relative order
  from closest to farthest, starting from this new postoffice.

MORE INFORMATION
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To exchange mail with newly defined downstream postoffices, you need to map
consecutive drive letters, one for every postoffice. Next you need to run the
External.exe program against all these drive letters. Please refer to the
"Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Administrators Guide" for additional
information.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbtshoot kbusage 
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailPCN320 kbMailPCN300 kbMailPCN350
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.2,3.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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