Clients cannot connect to public folder server

From: jmiracle (jmiracle_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:53:08 -0800

we had 3 exchange 2003 servers running...2 back-end, 1 front-end. We recently
lost the first server of the exchange org...which was also a backend server.
We have everything running again and all seemed well. However, clients can
no longer update free-busy info, download the offline address list, or browse
public folders (from Outlook 2003). Public folder access is fine from OWA.
I have changed the recipient update services server and also changed the
first site server using ADSI.
In Outlook, clients receive an error in their sync issues folder "could not
connect to public folder server", "the attempt to log on to the Microsoft
Exchange Server computer has failed", "Not downloading Offline address book
files (stored on public folder server".
The Public store is not under the First Storage Group where System Attendant
mailbox is located. Does it need to be?

Best Pracices Analyzer reports no issues, and I've taken care of all event
log errors as well.
What else is preventing clients from connecting to the public store?

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