[H-GEN] Outlook inbox can't receive mail

[David Duffy]

Jay wrote:

>[ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and     ]
>[ Unix-related topics. Posts from non-subscribed addresses will vanish. ]
>
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>Hash: SHA1
>
>Yes, I know it's embarrassing to still have to deal, though rarely, with that 
>stuff.
>
>Outlook 2000 on a new XP machine was 'updated' by the user by importing his 
>old outlook pst-file. I am not quite sure what exactly he's done but ever 
>since e-mail cannot be received anymore.
>
>To be exact, authentication and e-mail check is successful, however, the 
>actual e-mail can't be received. It looks like outlook 'forgot', or does not 
>know where to put the actual e-mail file so it drops the mail server 
>connection prematurely. Outgoing mail is fine.
>
>Send/receive for the same account on a different machine is completely fine. 
>It's not a mail server issue.
>
>The whole thing looks to me like that the inbox got stuffed up during the 
>import. I have never seen such a case. Anyone ever had that happen to them, 
>or any ideas as to what it is and how it can be fixed short of an outlook 
>re-install. I had a look through all those myriads of outlook settings 
>without a positive yet.
>  
>

I know zipp about Outhouse Express but could it be a file permission 
problem?
What happens if you use a new, fresh pst file?
David...