PC NTMMTA: Dynamic Connections Fail with Dynadmin and Novell (148852)

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.