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

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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]

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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

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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

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

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KB118947

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