Re: Need help with E2K3 and Groupwise connector

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From: Patrick Genova [MSFT] (pgenova_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 06:36:38 -0500

Hi Bill,

I would suggest putting a test mailbox on that Front End server and log into
it and send yourself some mail. If you can send and receive from that
mailbox try to send to a GroupWise users and see what happens.

Let us know the results, 

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"Bill Strohm" <bill.strohm.delete.the.rest.of.this@scgnet.us> wrote in
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> Hi all-
>
> I have an Exchange 2003 organization that works fine.  I need to connect
it
> to our existing Novell Groupwise server.  I installed the Groupwise
> connector on a front-end server.  It seems to work as far as directory
> synchronization goes.  It creates contacts for Groupwise users in an OU
that
> I created.  Email doesn't flow, however.  If I create mail (in Outlook)
> addressed to a Groupwise user and send it, I see the Groupwise Connector
> queue on the backend server go active.  (It shows the connector residing
on
> the frontend server using SMTP protocol.)  After a minute, the Groupwise
> queue goes inactive and I now have a message in the "Messages queued for
> deferred delivery" queue.
>
> On the frontend server, there are two items labeled Connector for Novell
> Groupwise.  One uses MAPI protocol and the other X400.  The X400 always
> shows active and the MAPI one says Not Available.  The status message
below
> says "Exchange System Manager failed to retrieve queues for the MAPI
> connector (error code = 0x80040111).  Check the event log and verify that
> the required services are running."
>
> I don't see anything suspicious in the event log and the Novell Groupwise
> Connector service and the Microsoft Exchange Connectivity Controller
service
> are both running.
>
> I'm at my wits' end.  I've read the connector documentation thoroughly but
> cannot figure this situation out.  Please help!
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Strohm
>
>
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