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

Last reviewed: October 27, 1994
Article ID: Q118947

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.2

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

Additional reference words: 3.20 admin
KBCategory: kbtool kbenv kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: MailPCAdm

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Last reviewed: October 27, 1994
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