Microsoft KB Archive/224913

= OL2000: (CW) ErrMsg: "The NetMeeting alias (e-mail name) contains unrecognized characters" =

Article ID: 224913

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224913



NOTE: The procedures in this article only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup option. With this option, you can use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, click About Microsoft Outlook on the Help menu. If you have the Corporate or Workgroup installation, you see "Corporate or Workgroup".



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to set up an online meeting using Microsoft NetMeeting while working in offline mode, you may get the following error message when you attempt to send the meeting request:

The NetMeeting alias (e-mail name) contains unrecognized characters. It can contain letters, numbers and some common symbols. Please try again.



CAUSE
The meeting organizer's e-mail address is not resolved properly when working offline.



RESOLUTION
Send the meeting request while working online.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB224913

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