Hey there, Be4 lmhosts file it's going to use broadcast for name resolution. He could try typing down the IP Address instead of the name of the Exchange Server to the client. Uninstalling the server and removing the server from AD would be a annoying but seems like a good solution like Al said. Regards, CK ps If you are using front-end / back-end topology MAPI clients like Outlook cannot take advantage of this. As you know they access the store directly. -----Original Message----- From: Javid Siddiqi [mailto:javid@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:42 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: cannot connect outlook to exchange 2003? http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hellok, Name resolving is the issue of DNS please try to ping your exchange server with its host name and update your lmhosts file.I faced this problem several times, at last I used to create another user account on the client machine and configure it.I hope this is the final solution and will work with you too.Try to create another user account then try you will deffenitely get it Regards Javid Siddiqi Customer Support RTC Jeddah (K.S.A) Ph : 6513322,6518061 -----Original Message----- From: Marcel Stangenberger [mailto:marcel.stangenberger@xxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:54 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] cannot connect outlook to exchange 2003? http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi everybody, i have a windows 2003 server here running Exchange 2003 enterprise. Everything seems in order on the server level, but whenever i try to connect an outlook 2003 or outlook 2000 client to the server the client crashes. The OWA is working and i can log in that way. The event viewer on the workstation reports nothing wrong. The event viewer on the server reports that i need to optimize the exchange memory. But nothing else. now i have checked multiple things. The information store is running and the stores are mounted and there is no smarthost filled in on the SMTP connector (i found that that could cause this error (entry in google). the other odd thing is that when i open the "post" icon in the control panel, fill in the proper exchange server and username for the exchange profile and then click on "check name" the program also crashes. Does anyone know what is going on and how i can resolve this? Thanks in advance, Marcel ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: javid@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: can.kilic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx