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Direct Mail Is Incorrectly Configured by New Membership Wizard

Article ID: 187957

Article Last Modified on 7/17/1999

Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q187957

SYMPTOMS

After a user creates a new membership server instance from the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and points the Direct Mailer to an LDAP instance on a remote server, the LDAP properties for the Direct Mailer may be improperly configured. For example, the LDAP server name will be set to "localhost" instead of the one specified. Also, the Username and Password may not be set.

CAUSE

The user running the New Membership Server Wizard (SAWIZARD) does not have the permissions necessary to query the appropriate registry keys. SAWIZARD then silently bypasses the Access Denied error and sets the LDAP settings to hard-coded defaults.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, apply the latest Site Server 3.0 service pack.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

Delete the new instance.
Log off Windows NT. Log on under a Windows NT account that has Windows NT administrator privileges on the remote LDAP server.
Recreate the new instance.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Site Server version 3.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Site Server version 3.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

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