I have outlook anywhere configured on our outlook 2007 clients and OWA enabled on exchange 2003 Ent...... I have a handful about 6 of these users that are unable to connect via outlook anywhere... it just wont connect... i ran outlook /rpcdiag, and in the status window the first connect shows to one of our Domain Controllers, following that, another connection keeps trying to connect to the email server looks like its timing out..cause it keeps disappearing, then reappearing. then finally just doesnt connect. I used Outlook anywhere myself and (connect with no problem, slower than usual though), using the /rpcdiag switch, and and the i get 3 connectionswhich are all to the mail server connection 1 is type is Public Folder, connection 2type mail, connection 3 type is mail tooAt the forest level they have public folder disabled, so we dont use public folders. We never used them, so i dont believe this to be an issue. my question, why is the status window with the people who cannot connect try to access a Domain controller first.... ? the problem users have no problem connecting via OWA via the browser...... I talked to the IT guru's at the forest level, and they tell me, "IF the user can access email via OWA, then their shouldnt be an issue, because outlook client works the same way as OWA, it just as an interface"... So that was useless information to me..... I also added two of the problem accounts to Administors Group to rule out any permission issues.. did make a difference..their outlook client works fine in the office too.Please helpThanks

On Sat, 24-Oct-09 00:29:01 GMT, Rob davis1 wrote:>> myself and (connect with no problem, slower than usual though), using the /rpcdiag switch, and and the i get 3 connections which are all to the mail server connection 1 is type is Public Folder, connection 2 type mail, connection 3 type is mail too At the forest level they have public folder disabled, so we dont use public folders. We never used them, so i dont believe this to be an issue. my question, why is the status window with the people who cannot connect try tolease helpThanks How many Client Access Servers do you have?Is there a load balancer for the CAS servers? What algorithm does ituse to decide where to send a connection?---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Rich, As my organization is a child domain of a forest, all email is routed through the top domain , i believe their is just an isa proxy server setup their. I have no idea about the configuration... (As corporate say no other office are having issues, so it is something on my end)... I will see if i can talk to someone to get a better understanding of how it is setup.... i will reply when i gather more information.thanks for your input

On Sat, 24-Oct-09 12:29:44 GMT, Rob davis1 wrote:>>>Rich, As my organization is a child domain of a forest, all email is routed through the top domain , i believe their is just an isa proxy server setup their. I have no idea about the configuration... (As corporate say no other office are having issues, so it is something on my end)... I will see if i can talk to someone to get a better understanding of how it is setup.... i will reply when i gather more information.thanks for your input e this one (have a look at the twodiagrams):http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/06/20/449053.aspx---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

well, after rebooting the server a couple times, it just started working....... sheese!........ Thank for the input..r davis...