Windows NT Mail Err Msg: The Network Path You Entered Could...

 Last reviewed: September 14, 1995
Article ID: Q126142
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

The following error message appears the first time you access a Microsoft Mail postoffice on a Novell file server from the Windows NT Microsoft Mail: 

   The network path you entered could not be found
CAUSE

The 32-bit Microsoft Mail client calls the API FindFirstFile() on the postoffice. FindFirstFile() requires filescan trustee directory rights.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, give filescan trustee directory rights to each user accessing Microsoft Mail postoffices on Novell file servers.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K
This problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.51.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kb3rdparty kbbug3.50 kbfix3.50.sp3 kbfix3.51
KBSubcategory: ntgeneral nt32ap
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.10 netware post office file scan

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Last reviewed: September 14, 1995
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