OL98: Task Owner Field is "Me" Instead of User Name

• Microsoft Outlook 98

SYMPTOMS

When you create a new task in Microsoft Outlook 98, the owner may be displayed as "Me" instead of your name.

CAUSE

Outlook assigns the task owner based on the user information of the e-mail transport service. If the e-mail transport service contains a user name entry, that name becomes the owner of a new task. Some mail transport services (such as MSN 1.3 and 2.0) do not contain a user name in the service properties, so the task owner becomes "Me."

This may also occur if the Microsoft Exchange Server service or Microsoft Mail transport service is unavailable when the task is created. Once the service becomes available, any new tasks display the correct name.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbdta GnlTasks 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 6, 1999