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Q136041: SMTP: Err Msg: This Device Does Not Exist on the Network

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Article: Q136041
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 29-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP, version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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You may get the following error message when your connection to the postoffice
is lost:

  This device does not exist on the network. reading drive M Abort, Retry Fail?

CAUSE
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Network problems can cause an unstable connection to the postoffice and generate
the above error.

RESOLUTION
==========

The gateway will continue to process when you enter A, R, or F (abort, retry, or
fail, respectively). Once the drive connection is re-established, the gateway
will function again if you select retry.

You can eliminate having to enter A, R, or F by running SMTPGATE.EXE in an
instance of COMMAND.COM with the following option:

  c:\dos\command.com /f

The /f option on COMMAND.COM causes an automatic fail on INT 24. In this case,
the gateway will be able to continue processing once the connection is
re-established without you manually entering a command.

Additional query words: 3.00 parameter

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailGateSMTP300
Version           : MS-DOS:3.0

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