Outlook won't re-connect to exchange after network is re-connected
I have a setup at my desk where I connect my computer to a an RJ45 switch that switches between two networks.
One network is the corporate network, which is maintained by my company's IT, and the other is my own private network where I do testing (the two networks have to be separated). The corporate network hosts the exchange server where I get e-mail.
When I switch from the private network to the corporate network, I expect Outlook to re-connect to the exchange server. However, I have found that sometimes when I come back, Outlook take an extremely long time to re-connect. Send/Receive will give me back the error 'The server is not available' (0x8004011D). It will sit there for 10 minutes to a few hours before it finally re-connects. The only other option is to reboot my computer, which is a huge pain for me since I run multiple VMs on it.
This usually happens when I'm connected to the private network for a significant amount of time, so I'm thinking it's because Outlook has cached the network status.
Is there a way to force Outlook to do a 'hard' re-connect to the exchange server?
I'm using Windows XP SP 3 with Outlook 2007.
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asked Nov 1 '12 at 15:29
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I have a setup at my desk where I connect my computer to a an RJ45 switch that switches between two networks.
One network is the corporate network, which is maintained by my company's IT, and the other is my own private network where I do testing (the two networks have to be separated). The corporate network hosts the exchange server where I get e-mail.
When I switch from the private network to the corporate network, I expect Outlook to re-connect to the exchange server. However, I have found that sometimes when I come back, Outlook take an extremely long time to re-connect. Send/Receive will give me back the error 'The server is not available' (0x8004011D). It will sit there for 10 minutes to a few hours before it finally re-connects. The only other option is to reboot my computer, which is a huge pain for me since I run multiple VMs on it.
This usually happens when I'm connected to the private network for a significant amount of time, so I'm thinking it's because Outlook has cached the network status.
Is there a way to force Outlook to do a 'hard' re-connect to the exchange server?
I'm using Windows XP SP 3 with Outlook 2007.
microsoft-outlook exchange
asked Nov 1 '12 at 15:29
stan503stan503
71113
Does this also happen with other programs? How long do you wait between unplugging the network cable and replugging it into the other network? Does the problem persist if you wait a minute? If it does, could you try `ipconfig /flushdns' before retrying (in case it caches that mailserver.corp.foo is not valid).
– Hennes
Nov 1 '12 at 15:32
It only seems to happen with Outlook - though it is the only application I use that connects to the corporate intranet. I can still access the internet and corporate intranet web sites when in this state. I've also tried ipconfig /flushdns and releasing/renewing the IP, all with no results. If I wait it always comes back - though it sometimes takes several hours.
– stan503
Nov 2 '12 at 13:22
Happens to me all the time as well. I use a VPN and if it drops sync and outlook can't connect it won't ever connect again until I quite outlook and restart. Really quite a pain in the ass, but this is a Microsoft product I guess.
– Bill Leeper
Apr 23 '13 at 14:58
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I have a setup at my desk where I connect my computer to a an RJ45 switch that switches between two networks.
One network is the corporate network, which is maintained by my company's IT, and the other is my own private network where I do testing (the two networks have to be separated). The corporate network hosts the exchange server where I get e-mail.
When I switch from the private network to the corporate network, I expect Outlook to re-connect to the exchange server. However, I have found that sometimes when I come back, Outlook take an extremely long time to re-connect. Send/Receive will give me back the error 'The server is not available' (0x8004011D). It will sit there for 10 minutes to a few hours before it finally re-connects. The only other option is to reboot my computer, which is a huge pain for me since I run multiple VMs on it.
This usually happens when I'm connected to the private network for a significant amount of time, so I'm thinking it's because Outlook has cached the network status.
Is there a way to force Outlook to do a 'hard' re-connect to the exchange server?
I'm using Windows XP SP 3 with Outlook 2007.
microsoft-outlook exchange
asked Nov 1 '12 at 15:29
stan503stan503
71113
I have a setup at my desk where I connect my computer to a an RJ45 switch that switches between two networks.
One network is the corporate network, which is maintained by my company's IT, and the other is my own private network where I do testing (the two networks have to be separated). The corporate network hosts the exchange server where I get e-mail.
When I switch from the private network to the corporate network, I expect Outlook to re-connect to the exchange server. However, I have found that sometimes when I come back, Outlook take an extremely long time to re-connect. Send/Receive will give me back the error 'The server is not available' (0x8004011D). It will sit there for 10 minutes to a few hours before it finally re-connects. The only other option is to reboot my computer, which is a huge pain for me since I run multiple VMs on it.
This usually happens when I'm connected to the private network for a significant amount of time, so I'm thinking it's because Outlook has cached the network status.
Is there a way to force Outlook to do a 'hard' re-connect to the exchange server?
I'm using Windows XP SP 3 with Outlook 2007.
microsoft-outlook exchange
microsoft-outlook exchange
asked Nov 1 '12 at 15:29
stan503stan503
71113
asked Nov 1 '12 at 15:29
stan503stan503
71113
asked Nov 1 '12 at 15:29
stan503stan503
71113
asked Nov 1 '12 at 15:29
stan503stan503
71113
asked Nov 1 '12 at 15:29
stan503stan503
71113
71113
Does this also happen with other programs? How long do you wait between unplugging the network cable and replugging it into the other network? Does the problem persist if you wait a minute? If it does, could you try `ipconfig /flushdns' before retrying (in case it caches that mailserver.corp.foo is not valid).
– Hennes
Nov 1 '12 at 15:32
It only seems to happen with Outlook - though it is the only application I use that connects to the corporate intranet. I can still access the internet and corporate intranet web sites when in this state. I've also tried ipconfig /flushdns and releasing/renewing the IP, all with no results. If I wait it always comes back - though it sometimes takes several hours.
– stan503
Nov 2 '12 at 13:22
Happens to me all the time as well. I use a VPN and if it drops sync and outlook can't connect it won't ever connect again until I quite outlook and restart. Really quite a pain in the ass, but this is a Microsoft product I guess.
– Bill Leeper
Apr 23 '13 at 14:58
add a comment |
Does this also happen with other programs? How long do you wait between unplugging the network cable and replugging it into the other network? Does the problem persist if you wait a minute? If it does, could you try `ipconfig /flushdns' before retrying (in case it caches that mailserver.corp.foo is not valid).
– Hennes
Nov 1 '12 at 15:32
It only seems to happen with Outlook - though it is the only application I use that connects to the corporate intranet. I can still access the internet and corporate intranet web sites when in this state. I've also tried ipconfig /flushdns and releasing/renewing the IP, all with no results. If I wait it always comes back - though it sometimes takes several hours.
– stan503
Nov 2 '12 at 13:22
Happens to me all the time as well. I use a VPN and if it drops sync and outlook can't connect it won't ever connect again until I quite outlook and restart. Really quite a pain in the ass, but this is a Microsoft product I guess.
– Bill Leeper
Apr 23 '13 at 14:58
Does this also happen with other programs? How long do you wait between unplugging the network cable and replugging it into the other network? Does the problem persist if you wait a minute? If it does, could you try `ipconfig /flushdns' before retrying (in case it caches that mailserver.corp.foo is not valid).
– Hennes
Nov 1 '12 at 15:32
Does this also happen with other programs? How long do you wait between unplugging the network cable and replugging it into the other network? Does the problem persist if you wait a minute? If it does, could you try `ipconfig /flushdns' before retrying (in case it caches that mailserver.corp.foo is not valid).
– Hennes
Nov 1 '12 at 15:32
It only seems to happen with Outlook - though it is the only application I use that connects to the corporate intranet. I can still access the internet and corporate intranet web sites when in this state. I've also tried ipconfig /flushdns and releasing/renewing the IP, all with no results. If I wait it always comes back - though it sometimes takes several hours.
– stan503
Nov 2 '12 at 13:22
It only seems to happen with Outlook - though it is the only application I use that connects to the corporate intranet. I can still access the internet and corporate intranet web sites when in this state. I've also tried ipconfig /flushdns and releasing/renewing the IP, all with no results. If I wait it always comes back - though it sometimes takes several hours.
– stan503
Nov 2 '12 at 13:22
Happens to me all the time as well. I use a VPN and if it drops sync and outlook can't connect it won't ever connect again until I quite outlook and restart. Really quite a pain in the ass, but this is a Microsoft product I guess.
– Bill Leeper
Apr 23 '13 at 14:58
Happens to me all the time as well. I use a VPN and if it drops sync and outlook can't connect it won't ever connect again until I quite outlook and restart. Really quite a pain in the ass, but this is a Microsoft product I guess.
– Bill Leeper
Apr 23 '13 at 14:58
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I have the same problem. I've found this: http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1562
I haven't tried yet because Outlook just connected.
It basically say:
In Outlook 2010 go to the Send/Receive tab and click on ‘Work Offline’, wait until the status bar changes from ‘Trying to connect’ to ‘Working offline’. Then click ‘Work Offline’ a second time, Outlook should then try to connect and, hopefully, succeed after a few seconds.
Edit: I tried this a few days ago and it worked like a charm.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 16:25
Nicolas MalbranNicolas Malbran
9315
Welcome to SuperUser, On this site we prefer concrete answers over guessing, when you do try this, please edit your question to reflect the results.
– David
Mar 6 '14 at 17:01
add a comment |
I have the same issue. As mentioned above, it seems to be related to the DNS cache, so go to command line (run program > cmd) then type in the following command and press Enter:
ipconfig /flushdns
Worked for me.
edited Jul 28 '15 at 13:47
Kristian
2,812819
answered Jul 28 '15 at 13:22
hwinterhwinter
311
This worked for me as well! No idea why down voted. Thanks!
– AllenKll
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
add a comment |
I have also had the same problem. It seems like the it could be happening when the mail server is set up with a domain name entry that has different values when inside the VPN vs on the Internet.
Easier set-up for the outlook admin, but you have to wait until the cached DNS for the mail server is flushed from your system.
I turned off caching exchange data and restarting outlook. Not always 100% success but seems to work a little better than waiting it out.
answered Jul 19 '13 at 12:53
David LevyDavid Levy
1163
add a comment |
This worked for me: go to the Send/Receive tab and click on the "Download Headers" button. Outlook connects immediately.
For me, toggling "Work Offline" did not work. I'm using Outlook 2013 connected to Exchange 2010.
answered Feb 1 at 16:40
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I have the same problem. I've found this: http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1562
I haven't tried yet because Outlook just connected.
It basically say:
In Outlook 2010 go to the Send/Receive tab and click on ‘Work Offline’, wait until the status bar changes from ‘Trying to connect’ to ‘Working offline’. Then click ‘Work Offline’ a second time, Outlook should then try to connect and, hopefully, succeed after a few seconds.
Edit: I tried this a few days ago and it worked like a charm.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 16:25
Nicolas MalbranNicolas Malbran
9315
Welcome to SuperUser, On this site we prefer concrete answers over guessing, when you do try this, please edit your question to reflect the results.
– David
Mar 6 '14 at 17:01
add a comment |
I have the same problem. I've found this: http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1562
I haven't tried yet because Outlook just connected.
It basically say:
In Outlook 2010 go to the Send/Receive tab and click on ‘Work Offline’, wait until the status bar changes from ‘Trying to connect’ to ‘Working offline’. Then click ‘Work Offline’ a second time, Outlook should then try to connect and, hopefully, succeed after a few seconds.
Edit: I tried this a few days ago and it worked like a charm.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 16:25
Nicolas MalbranNicolas Malbran
9315
Welcome to SuperUser, On this site we prefer concrete answers over guessing, when you do try this, please edit your question to reflect the results.
– David
Mar 6 '14 at 17:01
add a comment |
I have the same problem. I've found this: http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1562
I haven't tried yet because Outlook just connected.
It basically say:
In Outlook 2010 go to the Send/Receive tab and click on ‘Work Offline’, wait until the status bar changes from ‘Trying to connect’ to ‘Working offline’. Then click ‘Work Offline’ a second time, Outlook should then try to connect and, hopefully, succeed after a few seconds.
Edit: I tried this a few days ago and it worked like a charm.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 16:25
Nicolas MalbranNicolas Malbran
9315
I have the same problem. I've found this: http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1562
I haven't tried yet because Outlook just connected.
It basically say:
In Outlook 2010 go to the Send/Receive tab and click on ‘Work Offline’, wait until the status bar changes from ‘Trying to connect’ to ‘Working offline’. Then click ‘Work Offline’ a second time, Outlook should then try to connect and, hopefully, succeed after a few seconds.
Edit: I tried this a few days ago and it worked like a charm.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 16:25
Nicolas MalbranNicolas Malbran
9315
edited Mar 18 '14 at 12:01
answered Mar 6 '14 at 16:25
Nicolas MalbranNicolas Malbran
9315
answered Mar 6 '14 at 16:25
Nicolas MalbranNicolas Malbran
9315
answered Mar 6 '14 at 16:25
Nicolas MalbranNicolas Malbran
9315
9315
Welcome to SuperUser, On this site we prefer concrete answers over guessing, when you do try this, please edit your question to reflect the results.
– David
Mar 6 '14 at 17:01
add a comment |
Welcome to SuperUser, On this site we prefer concrete answers over guessing, when you do try this, please edit your question to reflect the results.
– David
Mar 6 '14 at 17:01
Welcome to SuperUser, On this site we prefer concrete answers over guessing, when you do try this, please edit your question to reflect the results.
– David
Mar 6 '14 at 17:01
Welcome to SuperUser, On this site we prefer concrete answers over guessing, when you do try this, please edit your question to reflect the results.
– David
Mar 6 '14 at 17:01
add a comment |
I have the same issue. As mentioned above, it seems to be related to the DNS cache, so go to command line (run program > cmd) then type in the following command and press Enter:
ipconfig /flushdns
Worked for me.
edited Jul 28 '15 at 13:47
Kristian
2,812819
answered Jul 28 '15 at 13:22
hwinterhwinter
311
This worked for me as well! No idea why down voted. Thanks!
– AllenKll
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
add a comment |
I have the same issue. As mentioned above, it seems to be related to the DNS cache, so go to command line (run program > cmd) then type in the following command and press Enter:
ipconfig /flushdns
Worked for me.
edited Jul 28 '15 at 13:47
Kristian
2,812819
answered Jul 28 '15 at 13:22
hwinterhwinter
311
This worked for me as well! No idea why down voted. Thanks!
– AllenKll
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
add a comment |
I have the same issue. As mentioned above, it seems to be related to the DNS cache, so go to command line (run program > cmd) then type in the following command and press Enter:
ipconfig /flushdns
Worked for me.
edited Jul 28 '15 at 13:47
Kristian
2,812819
answered Jul 28 '15 at 13:22
hwinterhwinter
311
I have the same issue. As mentioned above, it seems to be related to the DNS cache, so go to command line (run program > cmd) then type in the following command and press Enter:
ipconfig /flushdns
Worked for me.
edited Jul 28 '15 at 13:47
Kristian
2,812819
answered Jul 28 '15 at 13:22
hwinterhwinter
311
edited Jul 28 '15 at 13:47
Kristian
2,812819
edited Jul 28 '15 at 13:47
Kristian
2,812819
edited Jul 28 '15 at 13:47
Kristian
2,812819
2,812819
answered Jul 28 '15 at 13:22
hwinterhwinter
311
answered Jul 28 '15 at 13:22
hwinterhwinter
311
answered Jul 28 '15 at 13:22
hwinterhwinter
311
311
This worked for me as well! No idea why down voted. Thanks!
– AllenKll
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
add a comment |
This worked for me as well! No idea why down voted. Thanks!
– AllenKll
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
This worked for me as well! No idea why down voted. Thanks!
– AllenKll
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
This worked for me as well! No idea why down voted. Thanks!
– AllenKll
Mar 23 '16 at 12:42
add a comment |
I have also had the same problem. It seems like the it could be happening when the mail server is set up with a domain name entry that has different values when inside the VPN vs on the Internet.
Easier set-up for the outlook admin, but you have to wait until the cached DNS for the mail server is flushed from your system.
I turned off caching exchange data and restarting outlook. Not always 100% success but seems to work a little better than waiting it out.
answered Jul 19 '13 at 12:53
David LevyDavid Levy
1163
add a comment |
I have also had the same problem. It seems like the it could be happening when the mail server is set up with a domain name entry that has different values when inside the VPN vs on the Internet.
Easier set-up for the outlook admin, but you have to wait until the cached DNS for the mail server is flushed from your system.
I turned off caching exchange data and restarting outlook. Not always 100% success but seems to work a little better than waiting it out.
answered Jul 19 '13 at 12:53
David LevyDavid Levy
1163
add a comment |
I have also had the same problem. It seems like the it could be happening when the mail server is set up with a domain name entry that has different values when inside the VPN vs on the Internet.
Easier set-up for the outlook admin, but you have to wait until the cached DNS for the mail server is flushed from your system.
I turned off caching exchange data and restarting outlook. Not always 100% success but seems to work a little better than waiting it out.
answered Jul 19 '13 at 12:53
David LevyDavid Levy
1163
I have also had the same problem. It seems like the it could be happening when the mail server is set up with a domain name entry that has different values when inside the VPN vs on the Internet.
Easier set-up for the outlook admin, but you have to wait until the cached DNS for the mail server is flushed from your system.
I turned off caching exchange data and restarting outlook. Not always 100% success but seems to work a little better than waiting it out.
answered Jul 19 '13 at 12:53
David LevyDavid Levy
1163
answered Jul 19 '13 at 12:53
David LevyDavid Levy
1163
answered Jul 19 '13 at 12:53
David LevyDavid Levy
1163
answered Jul 19 '13 at 12:53
David LevyDavid Levy
1163
1163
add a comment |
add a comment |
This worked for me: go to the Send/Receive tab and click on the "Download Headers" button. Outlook connects immediately.
For me, toggling "Work Offline" did not work. I'm using Outlook 2013 connected to Exchange 2010.
answered Feb 1 at 16:40
jaycerjaycer
1414
add a comment |
This worked for me: go to the Send/Receive tab and click on the "Download Headers" button. Outlook connects immediately.
For me, toggling "Work Offline" did not work. I'm using Outlook 2013 connected to Exchange 2010.
answered Feb 1 at 16:40
jaycerjaycer
1414
add a comment |
This worked for me: go to the Send/Receive tab and click on the "Download Headers" button. Outlook connects immediately.
For me, toggling "Work Offline" did not work. I'm using Outlook 2013 connected to Exchange 2010.
answered Feb 1 at 16:40
jaycerjaycer
1414
This worked for me: go to the Send/Receive tab and click on the "Download Headers" button. Outlook connects immediately.
For me, toggling "Work Offline" did not work. I'm using Outlook 2013 connected to Exchange 2010.
answered Feb 1 at 16:40
jaycerjaycer
1414
answered Feb 1 at 16:40
jaycerjaycer
1414
answered Feb 1 at 16:40
jaycerjaycer
1414
answered Feb 1 at 16:40
jaycerjaycer
1414
1414
add a comment |
add a comment |
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Does this also happen with other programs? How long do you wait between unplugging the network cable and replugging it into the other network? Does the problem persist if you wait a minute? If it does, could you try `ipconfig /flushdns' before retrying (in case it caches that mailserver.corp.foo is not valid).
– Hennes
Nov 1 '12 at 15:32
It only seems to happen with Outlook - though it is the only application I use that connects to the corporate intranet. I can still access the internet and corporate intranet web sites when in this state. I've also tried ipconfig /flushdns and releasing/renewing the IP, all with no results. If I wait it always comes back - though it sometimes takes several hours.
– stan503
Nov 2 '12 at 13:22
Happens to me all the time as well. I use a VPN and if it drops sync and outlook can't connect it won't ever connect again until I quite outlook and restart. Really quite a pain in the ass, but this is a Microsoft product I guess.
– Bill Leeper
Apr 23 '13 at 14:58