The IMAP password is not retained in the same session in Outlook 2002 (297115)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002

This article was previously published under Q297115

SYMPTOMS

If you configure Outlook 2002 to use an Internet Messaging Access Protocol (IMAP) server for messages and you click to select the Save Password check box, Outlook 2002 does not remember your password during a single execution and you receive the password prompt each time each time that you attempt to access the IMAP server.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date          Time     Version      Size    File name     
   -------------------------------------------------------
   27-Jul-2001  14:35:33  10.0.3124.0  334152  Pstprx32.dll
   27-Jul-2001  14:36:06  10.0.3124.0  530760  Outlcm.dll
				

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/28/2006
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbQFE kbpasswords kbWebServer kbbug kbfix kbOfficeXPsp1Fix KB297115