Cannot Connect to WGPO with Full-Access Password (120078)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
This article was previously published under Q120078

SYMPTOMS

After you set up and share a workgroup post office (WGPO) with full access and a full-access password on a Windows for Workgroups network, you can connect to the WGPO only one time on a client machine that has the Reconnect At Startup and Ghosted Connections options selected. Subsequent attempts to connect to the WGPO after exiting and signing out of Mail and quitting and restarting Windows generate the following error message:
Cannot Connect to Workgroup Postoffice

CAUSE

When you are connected to the remote WGPO in File Manager with a password and the Reconnect At Startup and Ghosted Connections options selected, no physical connection to the WGPO is established. The Mail client cannot locate the Mail server, and you receive the above error message.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem:

  1. In File Manager on the client, disconnect from the WGPO located on the mail server.
  2. Delete or rename the MSMAIL.INI file on the local machine. Start Microsoft Mail and connect to an existing post office. Enter the WGPO password when prompted.
These steps correct the serverpath= setting in the MSMAIL.INI file, allowing you to connect to the WGPO normally.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/1999
Keywords:KB120078
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