XCLN: Exchange Client Polls Flag.glb File on MS Mail Postoffice
Article ID: 181631
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Outlook, Exchange Server Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Client 5.5
- Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
- Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
- Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
This article was previously published under Q181631
SYMPTOMS
When you configure the Microsoft Exchange or Outlook client to connect to a
Microsoft Mail postoffice and set the client to check for new mail at a
specific interval greater than 10 minutes, you notice the Microsoft Mail
postoffice is polled and the Flag.glb file checked approximately every two
minutes.
If you apply a network trace between the client and the server hosting the
Microsoft Mail postoffice, you see that every two minutes the client checks
the Flag.glb file and thus makes a network connection.
WORKAROUND
For networks configured to do remote Domain Name Service via on-demand ISDN
dial-up, changing the network topology is typically the only workaround.
STATUS
This is by design.
The behavior of the client can prove to be unexpectedly very expensive
for networks that are configured with dial-up on-demand ISDN connections,
especially when outbound connections are expected to occur at greater time
intervals.
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