XCLN: Exchange Requires Client for Microsoft Networks (146478)

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client fails to connect to Microsoft Exchange Server if the client computer is running only the Windows 95 client for NetWare Networks and the Microsoft Exchange Server-based computer is running Windows NT File and Print Sharing for NetWare.

WORKAROUND

It is possible to work around this problem by installing DCOM95, which provides secure remote procedure calls (RPCs) by means of an updated Secur32.dll file. DCOM95 is available from:

http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom1_2/dcom1_2.asp

If DCOM95 is installed, it is no longer necessary to install the Client for Microsoft Networks to use the Microsoft Exchange Client with the Microsoft Exchange Server service.

MORE INFORMATION

The Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client requires secure RPCs to communicate with a Microsoft Exchange Server. The Client for NetWare Networks provided with Windows 95 does not support secure RPC.

To establish a session to a Microsoft Exchange Server from a Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, the Client for Microsoft Networks will also need to be installed. In addition, the option to log on to Windows NT Domain as well as the domain name need to be enabled in properties of the Client for Microsoft Networks. This will in no way affect the performance of the Windows 95 networking services nor impair its ability to communicate with Windows NT FPNW and/or Novell NetWare servers on the network.

The order in which the network clients load will not affect the Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client's ability to communicate with Microsoft Exchange Server either.

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