OLEXP: Error Message When Choosing to Work Offline

Article ID: 233079 - View products that this article applies to.
This article was previously published under Q233079
For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
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SYMPTOMS

When you start Outlook Express and choose to work offline in the Connection dialog box, you may receive the following error message:
An error occurred while establishing the Dial-Up Network connection

RESOLUTION

Even though you may receive this error message (and possibly additional error messages indicating that you cannot send or receive e-mail), you can ignore the error message(s) and continue to use Outlook Express in Offline mode.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Properties

Article ID: 233079 - Last Review: January 24, 2007 - Revision: 3.1
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
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