DOCUMENT:Q148852 04-NOV-1999 [pcmail] TITLE :PC NTMMTA: Dynamic Connections Fail with Dynadmin and Novell PRODUCT :Microsoft Mail For PC Networks PROD/VER::3.5 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT, version 3.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you run the Multitasking MTA for Windows NT (NT MMTA) as a service, and you connect to Novell NetWare version 3.x and 4.x postoffices, the Dynadmin table cannot be used to specify dynamic connections. The DrivesUNC options must be specified in the External.ini file for the Novell postoffices. NOTE: The Dynadmin table may be used successfully for dynamically connecting to Microsoft-compatible postoffices or when you run the NT MMTA as an application from the command prompt. RESOLUTION ========== Use the following password statements in the External.ini file for each Novell postoffice that the NT MMTA will be dynamically connecting to when it is run as a service, DrivesUNC=\\server\volume\directory username In addition, you can remove any DrivesDynamic lines from an External.ini file instance that is going to be used to run the NT MMTA as a service, or rename the Server.glb file. MORE INFORMATION ================ Use the Dynadmin table to connect to both Microsoft-compatible and Novell postoffices when you run the NT MMTA as an application from the command line (refer to Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT version 3.5 "Administrator's Guide", Page 215). If you run the NT MMTA as a service, and you have declared Novell postoffices in the Dynadmin table, you will see one of the following errors on the screen and in the session log: Dynamically connecting to ... Network name not found, or Unknown error code 901:2 Reading master file. Could not connect to drive. Additional query words: 3.50 windows nt ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbZNotKeyword2 kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailMMTA350NT Version : :3.5 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.