KB118947 - PC Adm: Err Msg: Error 29 Alias Does Not Exist

Article ID: 118947

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

This article was previously published under Q118947

SYMPTOMS

In the Microsoft Mail Administrator program (ADMIN.EXE), the IMPORT utility is used to create, modify, and delete users on the local postoffice. (For more information, please see pages 323-325 of Mail 3.2 "Administrator's Guide.")

When you try to modify a user's friendly name, the following error message may be displayed:

Error 29 Alias does not exist [friendly name]

CAUSE

The syntax of the modify transaction is incorrect. The following transactions to modify the friendly name are not valid:

   M Black, Fred {Folkstone}        PCM:NET/PO/FredB
   M Brown, John {Lincoln}          PCM:NET/PO/JohnB

RESOLUTION

The proper form of the import file for modify transactions is as follows:

   M Black, Fred (Folkstone)        PCM:NET/PO/FredB

     Black, Fred {Folkstone}        PCM:NET/PO/FredB

   M Brown, John (Lincoln)          PCM:NET/PO/JohnB

     Brown, John {Lincoln}          PCM:NET/PO/JohnB

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