FIX: E_FAIL Error Returned From CDO When Accessing MAPI.Folder

Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) code that accesses the MAPI.Folder object works correctly, but CDO returns an E_FAIL error when Microsoft Visual Basic code that accesses folders is run from a SQL Task, or from a service.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4.