Microsoft KB Archive/233079

= OLEXP: Error Message When Choosing to Work Offline =

Article ID: 233079

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q233079



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SYMPTOMS
When you start Outlook Express and choose to work offline in the Connection dialog box, you may receive the following error message:

An error occurred while establishing the Dial-Up Network connection



RESOLUTION
Even though you may receive this error message (and possibly additional error messages indicating that you cannot send or receive e-mail), you can ignore the error message(s) and continue to use Outlook Express in Offline mode.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB233079

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