Re: OL 2003 - Bigtime Account Problem

From: Diane Poremsky (info_at_cdolive.com)
Date: 03/11/04


Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:16:16 -0500

Control panel, Mail. Create a new account, do not copy the existing account.

Reloading OL2000 may make matters worse.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"Ron in Auburn Hills, Michigan" <rjc21655@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
news:jNY3c.33048$aT1.7801@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Jocelyn  -  Please explain a bit more, where is my mail profile?  Since my
> original post, I've reinstalled WinXP and OL 2003 and still no change. 
> I'm
> thinkimg about reloading OL 2000, seeing if that will correct the problem,
> and then overlaying with OL 2003.
>
> Ron
>
>
> "Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" <jfiorelloNOSPAM@mvps.org> wrote in
> message news:%23tMttHzBEHA.2768@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Have you also tried deleting your mail profile completely, and creating a
>> new one from scratch?  (Not just recreating the mail accounts, but the
>> entire profile...)
>>
>> -- 
>> Jocelyn Fiorello
>> MVP - Outlook
>>
>> *** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
>> reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***
>>
>>
>> In news:EFF3c.31211$aT1.199@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net,
>> Ron in Auburn Hills, Michigan wrote:
>>
>> > An extremely odd problem has been hounding me for about a week.
>> >
>> > I have five email account addresses loaded, they are all using the
>> > same Pop-3 on a home based machine.  Prior to a power outage - about
>> > a week ago everything was working fine and since my UPS allowed for
>> > power down there shouldn't have been any problems.  Now Outlook is
>> > not recognizing my accounts.  On the "Account View or Change" screen
>> > everything is visible - if you click "Change" all of the specific
>> > account data is there, however, if you click on "Set as Default",
>> > "Move Up", or "Move Down" a message pops up: "The specified Account
>> > was not found.  It might have been deleted."
>> >
>> > Coinciding with this bizarre behavior is that if you try to prepare
>> > and send a new message - there may or may not be any, one, or more
>> > addresses in the "Accounts" dropdown list.  This seems to occur based
>> > on your attempt to change something on the "Account View or Change"
>> > screen, an attempted action there (even though its unsuccessful)
>> > seems to change what accounts are available (if any) when preparing a
>> > new message.
>> >
>> > I've removed and reinstalled all my accounts, Outlook, and even MS
>> > Office 2003 - the problem persists.
>> >
>> > Right now - I've just deleted OL 2003 and switched over fully to
>> > Outlook Express, at least until I can get this problem solved.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any idea of what's going on?
>
> 


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