Dear all, i'd posted this message a couple of days ago and didn't get any answer so i'll try again my problem is: i can't access my public folder from system manager but there is no problem in outlook when i tried to connect to public folder from system manager, an error message pop up: THE OPERATION FAILED ID NO: 80004005 EXCHANGE SYSTEM MANAGER i'm using win2k adv sp3 and ex2k any kind of help would be greatly appreciated thanx in advance andris tenda