Microsoft KB Archive/252088

= XADM: IFS Directory for a New Mailbox Not Created Until Mailbox Activity Occurs =

Article ID: 252088

Article Last Modified on 2/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q252088





SYMPTOMS
After you create a mailbox-enabled user in the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, you may notice that the Exchange Installable File System (IFS) directory for the user's mailbox is not created, (by default, this is located in the M:\ \MBX folder).

Any attempt to access the mailbox through the file system returns a "path not found" error message.



CAUSE
Mailbox activity has not occurred, and therefore the mailbox has not been initialized.



RESOLUTION
If you log on to the newly created mailbox using a MAPI-based client (such as Microsoft Outlook 2000), or if you send a mail item to the new mailbox from another user, then the issue described above ceases because the mailbox is initialized by any of the two actions.

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If you log in from Outlook Web access, this also creates the mailbox.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

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