Q183768: XCLN: Error: MAPI MapiSend Failed

Article: Q183768
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,5.0; :8.0,8.01,8.02,8.03
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Last Modified: 24-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Windows 95/98 client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Outlook 97, versions 8.0, 8.01, 8.02, 8.03 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use MapiSend.exe from a command prompt to send an e-mail message, you
may receive one of the following error messages:

  Error: MAPI MapiSend Failed: 14

  Error: MAPI MapiSend Failed: 21

CAUSE
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This problem occurs due to ambiguous name resolution.

If the sender's mailbox alias is ambiguous, the following error occurs:

  Error: MAPI MapiSend Failed: 14

If the recipient's mailbox alias is ambiguous, the following error occurs:

  Error: MAPI MapiSend Failed: 21

WORKAROUND
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Make sure that the mailbox aliases for the sender and the recipient are not
ambiguous.

To test for ambiguity of names, perform the following steps:

1. Type the recipient's (or sender's) name in the To box of a Microsoft Outlook
  or Exchange Client standard Send form.

2. Click the To button or use the CTRL+K keystroke to see if the names are
  immediately resolved. If they are resolved without any prompting, they are
  not ambiguous.

MORE INFORMATION
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The MapiSend.exe is a Resource Kit utility that allows a user to send messages
with optional file attachments through Microsoft Exchange Server from a Windows
NT or Windows 95 command prompt.

NOTE: MapiSend.exe was formerly known as the Command-Line Mail Sender Tool
(Sendmail.exe). This program is also available in the Microsoft Mail Resource
Kit.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbOutlookSearch kbExchangeSearch kbExchangeClientSearch kbZNotKeyword kbOutlook97 kbZNotKeyword2 kbOutlook97Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbOutlook801 kbOutlook802 kbOutlook803 kbExchange400NT kbExchange500NT kbExchange400Win95 kbExchange500Win95
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0; :8.0,8.01,8.02,8.03
Issue type        : kbprb

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