XFOR: IMC Delivers Only the Mail in the Queue at Dial-Up

Last reviewed: April 15, 1997
Article ID: Q159209

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

The Internet Mail Connector only delivers mail that was in the queue when the dial-up took place and then begins queuing up mail even though a connection still exists.

MORE INFORMATION

This is by design. A dial-up connection was never meant to be used as a persistent connection. Should you require this functionality, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base Q140184 for an alternative method of dial-up connectivity:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q140184
   TITLE     : How to Get the IMC to Use an Internet Provider

REFERENCES

See the online help for the Dial-Up Connections on "Time-out after" for details.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbusage XFOR
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 15, 1997
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