XWEB: Prompted for Credentials When Using Navigator or Internet Explorer 4.0 to Log On to Two Mailboxes on Same Server (268752)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000

This article was previously published under Q268752

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.x to gain access to Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) and you open two different mailboxes (that reside on the same server) with two browser windows on the same workstation, if you perform any action on the mailbox for which you did not enter credentials most recently, you are prompted again for credentials (this assumes that users do not have rights to each other's mailboxes).

For example:
  • User A logs on to the UserA mailbox by using the following Uniform Resource Locator (URL):

    http://servername/exchange/userA

    When prompted, User A types User A's user name and password.
  • User A opens a second browser window and logs on to the UserB mailbox by using the following URL:

    http://servername/exchange/userB

    When prompted, User A types User B's user name and password.
  • When User A attempts to perform any operation to the UserA mailbox in the UserA mailbox browser window (for example, view the Calendar, open a message, or create a message), User A is prompted again for User A credentials.
  • After User A re-types the User A credentials in the UserA mailbox browser window, when User A attempts to perform any operation to the UserB mailbox, User A is prompted again for User B credentials.

CAUSE

This issue occurs because the browser maintains one set of credentials for each server, for each session of the browser.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, log on to the domain by using an account that has the appropriate permissions to log on to both mailboxes.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to set mailbox permissions in Exchange 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

268754 XADM: How to Assign Users or Groups Full Access to Other User Mailboxes


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB268752