Novelist Douglas Adams, not cartoonist Scott Adams. I think this is in the FAQ.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: Friday, July 26, 2002 03:13 PM > Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List > Conversation: Synchronizing Outlook for Offline use... > Subject: RE: Synchronizing Outlook for Offline use... > [snip] > > Joe Pochedley > "I like deadlines," > cartoonist Scott Adams once said. > "I especially like the whooshing > sound they make as they fly by." > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:58 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Synchronizing Outlook for Offline use... > > > Even the background thread may not fix this problem, if the > background thread hasn't gotten to the message before the > sync is requested. You can increase the timeout value on the > exchange server (yes server side) by changing the > OpenRetryDelay value in the registry, see Q264731. > > -Walden > > ------------ > Walden H Leverich III > President > Tech Software > (516) 627-3800 x11 > (208) 692-3308 eFax > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.TechSoftInc.com > > Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. > (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Butler (Mailing Lists) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 14:18 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Synchronizing Outlook for Offline use... > > > In my (granted, limited) experience I have seen the cause of > this to be whatever AV is running on the Exchange Server. If > an item is being synchronized that hasn't been flagged as > "scanned" by the antivirus software on the server, it will > try to scan it before allowing it to be synchronized ... and > on large synch operations, this'll time out the client and > cause these errors. We've alleviated the problem with NAVMSE > by enabling the background scanning thread ... otherwise it > will continue to mark everything as unscanned everytime the > defs are updated -- daily! > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:40 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Synchronizing Outlook for Offline use... > > > > > > I know this subject has come up time and time again, but I've STFW, > > RTFM and perused the FAQ and can't come up with an answer... > > > > I have a user with a fairly large mailbox (>2Gb) and many folders > > under his Inbox. Running OL2K SP1 on Win98SE, Exchange is > 5.5 SP4... > > User had a corrupted OST file, which was deleted, and is now > > attempting to synch his entire mailbox so he can work > offline in the > > evening from home... > > Mailbox doesn't synch with many messages like the following > > on various folders... > > > > (Sorry, this stuff will wrap I'm sure) > > 13:21:24 Synchronizing Folder 'Sent Items' > > 13:21:33 Error synchronizing folder > > 13:21:33 [80004005-501-0-550] > > 13:21:33 The client operation failed. > > 13:21:33 Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store > > 13:21:33 For more information on this failure, > > click the URL > > below: > > 13:21:33 > > http://www.microsoft.com/support/prodredirect/outlook2000_us.a > sp?err=8000400 > 5-501-0-550 > > 13:22:37 Synchronizing Folder 'Monthly 2002' > 13:22:40 1 item(s) added to offline folder > 13:22:40 Error synchronizing folder > 13:22:40 [80004005-501-0-550] > 13:22:40 The client operation failed. > 13:22:40 Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store > 13:22:40 For more information on this failure, > click the URL > below: > 13:22:40 > http://www.microsoft.com/support/prodredirect/outlook2000_us.a > sp?err=8000400 > 5-501-0-550 > > > Now I understand that OL has problems with OST's over 2Gb, > etc etc so I've tried to set a filter on his Inbox and some > of the larger folders to limit the number of items that are > synched... The filters didn't seem to help and most folders > are still exhibiting the problem... Many of the folders that > aren't synching aren't really all that big (<10Mb)... Out of > say, 250 items, only 40 of them will synch... > > I've also tried to set the user's mail up on a WinXP Pro box > with OL2002 and tried to synch that, but end up with the same > results.... > > Does Outlook have a set amount of time it waits for an item > or folder to synch before giving up and going onto the next > folder? If so, is there a way to increase this time... Can > anyone give me some other pointers or resources to look at > why OL won't synch (not that it won't synch at all, but won't > synch completely)? Is the situation with synching large > offline folders any better under Exch. 2000? > > Thanks in advance for any pointers. > > Joe Pochedley > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
