Re: Exchange is currently in recovery mode

[Roady [MVP]]

This means that the cache file (ost-file) doesn't comply with the Exchange
mailbox. You are now asked if you want to connect to Exchange and see the
Exchange mailbox contents or to remain offline and see the ost-file
contents. This allows you to recover mail from the ost-file if they are not
on the Exchange server anymore. When done you can delete the ost-file and
have it rebuild the next time when you start Outlook.

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"Maurice" <Mau...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6B7BEDB-9B8D-4340...@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I have Exch 2003 running on Server 2003. Workstations are Win XP with
> Office 2003 and a few with Office 2000. All is running ok but a couple of
> users ONLY are getting the error message below. I have searched the
> Knowledge
> base and TechNet and not found anything.
>
> As I said only a couple get this message.
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas/suggestions.
>
> "Exchange is in recovery mode. You can either connect to your Exchange
> Server using the network, work offline, or cancel this login."

[Maurice]

Right, that makes sense. Why the heck didn't MS have this info on the KB or
techNet tho???

Thanks roady.

[Maurice]

Yep, that fixed it. I switched caching off in the profile and closed outlook.
Deleted the outlook profile via Control panel and then recreated it again.

cheers

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

There is a very detailed and informative article on TechNet at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/UseE2k3RecStorGrps/6923d327-f5a1-48a6-bfdb-1ef9ef9a928c.mspx

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Maurice" <Mau...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4F9A847A-F10F-43B2...@microsoft.com...

> Right, that makes sense. Why the heck didn't MS have this info on the KB or
> techNet tho???
>
> Thanks roady.
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> This means that the cache file (ost-file) doesn't comply with the Exchange
>> mailbox. You are now asked if you want to connect to Exchange and see the
>> Exchange mailbox contents or to remain offline and see the ost-file
>> contents. This allows you to recover mail from the ost-file if they are not
>> on the Exchange server anymore. When done you can delete the ost-file and
>> have it rebuild the next time when you start Outlook.
>>
>>