DOCUMENT:Q92374 27-OCT-1999 [pcmail] TITLE :PC Win: Err Msg: That User's Mailbox Is Corrupt... PRODUCT :Microsoft Mail For PC Networks PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If the postoffice administrator deletes a mailbox between the time you log in to Mail and the time you send mail to that mailbox, you receive the following error message: That user's mailbox is corrupt. Please contact your system administrator. CAUSE ===== Microsoft Mail cannot find the mailbox so it marks it as corrupted. Mail should instead give you the following error: There is no user with that name on your Mail server. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail for Windows. This problem was corrected in version 3.0b. RESOLUTION ========== Exit from Microsoft Mail for Windows and restart it. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail300 kbMail300b Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b ============================================================================= 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.