PC Forms: Err Msg: MAPI Failure

Last reviewed: October 25, 1994
Article ID: Q99664

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer, version 1.0, running with Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

When you read a message from a shared folder that was created using a Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer form, you may receive the following error message:

   MAPI Failure

CAUSE

This error can occur when you use version 3.0b of Microsoft Mail for Windows with the E-Form Cache turned on. This is a known problem with custom message types and shared folders in the Windows client.

RESOLUTION

Upgrade to version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows.

To read the message with version 3.0b of the Windows client, you can turn off the E-Form Cache by modifying the [E-Form Cache] section of the MSMAIL.INI file, as follows:

   [E-Form Cache]
   Maximum=0

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with version 3.0b of Microsoft Mail for Windows. This problem was corrected in version 3.2.

Additional reference words: 1.00 3.00b PC Win
KBCategory: kbusage kbinterop kbbug3.00b kbfix3.20 kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: MailPCForms

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Last reviewed: October 25, 1994
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