Microsoft KB Archive/158489

= XFOR: Err Msg: The Selected Postoffice is Read Only... =

Article ID: 158489

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q158489



SUMMARY
When you migrate users from Microsoft Mail for PC Networks using the Microsoft Exchange Migration Wizard, you may receive the following error:

The selected Postoffice is read only. It must be writeable.

Verify that the Master.glb file is not locked open. For more information about this problem, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

147506 XFOR: Err Msg: The Selected Postoffice is Read Only...

If it is not locked open, running the MAILINT utility against the postoffice will return the following error:

The GLB subdirectory was a file.

Checking the permissions of the GLB subdirectory will show that the subdirectory has Read Only permissions. Removing that restriction will allow the Migration to complete successfuly.

Note: MAILINT is a utility that checks the basic integrity of an Microsoft Mail postoffice. It is available in the Microsoft Mail Resource Kit.

Additional query words: GLB directory files

Keywords: kbusage KB158489

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