To All: I am having issues with new mail notifications. My problem is that when we send a message the message will stay in the outbox until the user does something to interact with Outlook. (ie deletes a message, read, etc). Also when they interact, all the messages sent to them will show up in the inbox. this has starting happening over the past 6-7 months. I have recently upgrading the hardware and this did not correct the problem. The server may run fine for server days without seeing this problem. When it does occur I must restart the server and often the Directory service will not shut down. This does effect all users when it happens. I read that other users have had this problem but I have not seen a fix. Thanks in advance for any help. David Keller Config: Exchange 5.5 sp3 Nt 4.0 sp5 Dual Xeon 2.4 Ghz 1GB Ram 475 mailboxes 6.5 GB store