Any error in the event logs??? The only think that I think of instantly are DNS issues. Can you ping the server by FQDN, what happens when you click on Check Name when setting outlook up? ...Spence ________________________________ From: shabbar babrawala [mailto:shabbardar@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 15 December 2005 14:07 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Outlook 2003 unable to connect to exchange server http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi, We are using Exchange 2003 and win server 2003 with outlook 2003 Some of the users cannot connect to the exchange get a message exchange server unavailable they can access mails thru OWA, even if i create new users on that same machine still get the same message. does someone know what the problem is shabbar ________________________________ Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/footer/shopping/*http://shopping.yahoo.c om/;_ylc=X3oDMTE2bzVzaHJtBF9TAzk1OTQ5NjM2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFnBHNsawNob2xpZGF 5LTA1> ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: ser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx