Bad Error Message During Inbox Index Rebuild

ID: Q161682

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commercial Internet System, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When running Inetcfg.exe in rebuild mode to rebuild a mailbox folder with a large index file and little free disk space (for example, if the current index file is 10 MB and the amount of free space is 5 MB), you may receive the following error message:

   Cannot write index entry in index file X for mail message Y
   Index File not created!  Exiting...

You would expect to see a message indicating that the real reason for the failure is because the disk is full.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 1.00

Keywords          : kbbug1.00 kbusage
Version           : 1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 3, 1998