Mac Srv: Server Detect Message Displays Asterisk for Zone Name (110817)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.1d
This article was previously published under Q110817

SYMPTOMS

Version 3.1d of Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks may sometimes display an asterisk (*) in the zone name field in a server-detected message.

Server-detected messages are generated by the server to the Network Manager when a server that has not been seen before is placed on the network.

CAUSE

This may occur for one of the following three reasons:

  1. The server is not connected to an Apple Internet; therefore, no Internet routers exist. Routers provide zone information on an AppleTalk network.
  2. When a new server, Server B, asks for the version of an existing server, Server A, then Server A also learns about the existence of Server B. Server A has a network address it can use to send mail to Server B, but it does not have the textual name of Server B's zone. Server A enters an asterisk (*) for the zone. The next time Server A does a full network scan, it will learn what zone Server B is in. The "*" zone is a temporary state that a new server might be in for a few hours until it is seen on a normal scan.
  3. To determine the zone name of a new server, a Network Manager can use the Global Server Report option from the Mail Network Administrator program. Once the mail server has obtained full information about the new mail server, the zone information will be displayed.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/9/1999
Keywords:KB110817
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