XADM: Error When Deleting a Public Folder Container

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program and attempt to access the Information Store (IS) Site Configuration object, you receive the following error message:

   The object cannot be found in the directory. This may be because
   replication has not completed.
   Microsoft Exchange Directory
   ID no. c1010aae

CAUSE

This problem occurs when a recipient container is deleted and that container happens to be the container specified in the IS Site Configuration object for the creation of Public Folders.

MORE INFORMATION

Once the container is gone, the error message will be displayed each time the IS Configuration object is opened (although the object is opened anyway) and no Public Folder container will be displayed on the General property page of the object. You will not be able to Modify the specified Public Folder Container.

RESOLUTION

Contact Microsoft Product Support Services and refer to this article for assistance in recovering from this error.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 4.0 of Microsoft Exchange Server. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.