Mail Could Not Connect To Your Mail Server (152838)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q152838

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to start the MS MAIL 32 SPOOLER, the following error message appears:
Mail could not connect to your Mail server. The configuration for the Mail server path is missing or invalid.

CAUSE

This error is caused when attempting to start the MS MAIL 32 SPOOLER before Microsoft Mail is completely set up and configured. If the MAIL icon has been changed to start Mailsp32.exe instead of Msmail32.exe, and Mail has not been configured on this computer, the error will occur. In addition, the error occurs if the MS MAIL 32 SPOOLER is invoked from the command line.

RESOLUTION

Configure Microsoft Mail on the local computer before attempting to start the MS MAIL 32 SPOOLER.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

101899Re-creating the Windows NT Mail Postoffice

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/16/2003
Keywords:KB152838
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