Matthew
Tue Feb 10 18:55:29 CST 2004
Thanks. This allays my fears of larger, system-wide corruption. Losing the
email didn't bother me nearly as much as the thought that this might be
indicative of something bigger.
Matthew
"Rob Cullen" <rcullennospam@curchodandco.com> wrote in message
news:etzofCD8DHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> When I've had a really dodgy email that could not be opened in a users
> mailbox, I've it's size and found it to be horrendously massive.
Frequently
> it started with a big attachment that the A/V didn't like. Problem often
> compounded by failures to syschronise with offline or cached folders.
>
> Only way I could get at it was to disable the A/V software on the
> workstation, kill Outlook's Preview Pane, and rather than try and open
what
> was a complete mess, just delete it. As I could work out the sender, it
was
> just a case of then emailing them back and saying your message of whatever
> date / time has been deleted as it was corrupted. If important please
> resend).
>
> "Matthew" <thetwamNOSPAM@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:%23YL3kEC8DHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I'm so glad you asked if I checked the Mail Queues because I haven't
been
> > able to find them!
> >
> > Now I think I've found them - I go to the Message Tracking Center, I
enter
> > in the Sender and the Recipient and voila. But that mystery had been
> > clarified, the user was not logging onto the network as herself, and
> didn't
> > realize that she was supposed to.
> >
> > As far as the unreadable email - I can't open it no matter which folder
> it's
> > in. When I try the auto preview, I get the following message in the
> preview
> > pane:
> >
> > "This item contains active content that cannot be displayed in the
preview
> > pane. Open the item to read its contents."
> >
> > I was more worried when it seemed that messages were not being
delivered.
> > I'm less worried now that it seems that they get delivered, but a week
> > later. That delay still worries me.
> >
> > I don't think the very occasional unopenable email should concern me
> though,
> > right?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Chris Ahlers [MSFT]" <chrisahl@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:O7YZIr$7DHA.1632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Matthew--
> > >
> > > When the message failed to arrive in User1's mailbox, did you check
your
> > > Mail Queues to see if the message was there? Also, are there any
> delivery
> > > restrictions set on User1's mailbox?
> > >
> > > As far as not being able to veiw that one e-mail, have you tried
moving
> > the
> > > email to another folder and then see if you can open it up? Also,
what
> > does
> > > the preview pane show for that message?
> > >
> > > --Chris
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > > "Matthew" <thetwamNOSPAM@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > > news:%23Ad7vP$7DHA.2796@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Two odd things that are troubling me, that I don't know how to
> > > troubleshoot:
> > > >
> > > > Small Business Server 2000, Exchange Service Pack 3
> > > >
> > > > 1) I set up a new user, User1. More than one person says that they
> sent
> > > > User1 an email but the user did not get it. Most mail does through.
> I
> > > > tracked a message that did not get through by its message ID, in the
> > daily
> > > > log in the company.log directory. The log recorded that it got
> > delivered,
> > > > but it never appeared in User1's mailbox.
> > > >
> > > > I then set up another new account, User2, and I specify in Delivery
> > > Options
> > > > of User1 to forward all mail to User2.
> > > >
> > > > A few days later, User2 is not receiving some emails. However,
emails
> > > that
> > > > were sent to User1 but never received, finally get delivered to
User2
> > (and
> > > > possibly User1 as well), a week later.
> > > >
> > > > 2) I noticed that I cannot open a specific email in my mailbox.
It's
> > over
> > > a
> > > > year old. I click on it and nothing happens. I try to open it via
> > OWA,
> > > > and I get an HTTP 403 (Forbidden) You are not authorized to view
this
> > > page.
> > > > I do have administrator rights.
> > > >
> > > > There's nothing too unusual in the log files. Lots of Symantec Mail
> > > > Security stopping Novarg/MyDoom. Occasionally we get Warnings (not
> > > Errors)
> > > > that two objects in the directory have the same proxy.
> > > >
> > > > This is scaring me, does anyone know what's up?
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Matthew
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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