PC Adm: Err Msg: Error 29 Alias Does Not Exist

PSS ID Number: Q104871
Article last modified on 10-01-1993

3.20
MS-DOS

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.2
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SYMPTOMS
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In version 3.2 of the Microsoft Mail Administrator program, the Import
utility (IMPORT.EXE) is used to create, modify, and delete users on
the local postoffice. (This feature is described in detail on pages
323-325 of the version 3.2 "Administrator's Guide.") The Import
utility will not modify a user's friendly name.
When you try to modify a user's friendly name, the following error
message occurs:
   Error 29 Alias does not exist <friendly name>

CAUSE
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You cannot modify a user's friendly name using the Import utility. You
must modify it using the Mail Administrator program.

RESOLUTION
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.2 of
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. We are researching this problem and
will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.

Additional reference words: 3.20 Modifying Existing
Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.