Strange Exchange server 2003 on SBS 2003 behaviour

Hi,
in lastg 3 weeks we discover following strange behaviour of our SBS 2003 Standard server. What happens:
- server have started to freez after some time and we had to provide hard reset it
- in logs there were informations about NTFRs error, and the aarich drive errors
- we thought that the problem is connected with NTFRs error and provided all recommended steps found on Internet (stop service, change timeouts etc.) and also discovered broken information store databes so we repaired it with eseutil
- it seemed that everything is working well, opening outlook on server was fine, all files and service were accessible and working well
- but when the first user connected to the server and started outlook the server again started to freez and the behaviour was the same.
- we made some test and discovered that the information store database was again broken. So we disabled local caching (offline store of messages) on user client PC with outlook, deleted OST file and repaired information store database
- after restart of the server and new logon of the user we started outlook. It synchronized, we reenabled offline store and everything seems working well.
- today another user with similar client configuration came to the office, loggged on to the network, started outlook and the behaviour was the same. Server freezed and we had to restard. Information store database seems to be broken again.

My question - why it happpens? Where is the problem? Everything worked well and we do not know why it started to do this problems. Why the information store database is broken after starting synchronization between outlook and exchange server? If we repair database and start outlook on server, it works without problems any time. Any help?

Our configuration:
- SBS 2003 standard, SP2 for both server and ES, all hotfixes, emails downloaded to server by using POP3 connector
- windows XP, office 2003

Thank you for any help and recommendation.

Regards,

Pavel Naplava
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Single user issue; best troubleshooting
    ... COULD be cause by that intermediate 'network access' server ... you do know there is significant logging in Outlook ... form of Integrated Authentication and so all of the OUTLOOK ...
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  • Re: How to allow POP3 SSL connections w ISA 2004
    ... the Outlook group as well. ... Firewall Client configuration for ISA Server 2004. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • RE: login and email problems
    ... To the Outlook issue, ... Run "ipconfig /registerdns" command to register the DNS server. ... Ensure that you have an Outlook profile configured for the server ... profile is not associated with a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Strange Exchange server 2003 on SBS 2003 behaviour
    ... Have you verified or ruled out your hardware, ie, hard drives, controller? ... Standard server. ... - but when the first user connected to the server and started outlook the ... Information store database seems to ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange.admin)
  • Re: RPC over HTTP
    ... We have already set up Outlook Web Access and purchase a SSL Certificate ... I have used the "outlook.exe /rpcdiag" to see if it uses the HTTP ... firewall through to the exchange server. ...
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