Entourage cannot access network volume

[macmiami]

I am having a problem with Entourage 2004, I am setting up a school wth
OS X 10.3.9 server and 10.3.9 clients, I am unable to get Entourage to
relaibly open when logged in as a client with aa network home folder.
Works occasionally but usually I get "Entourage cannot access your
data. To attempt to fix the problem, rebuild your database." I tried
seting permissions on MUD folder to 777 to no avail. This is SUPPOSED
to have been fixed in the update as shown below. I tried Microsoft
tech's suggestion to make an alias of the network Microsoft User Data
folder in my local user home directory, worked once, but did not work
reliably. I have upgraded all machines to the latest update 11.1.1. Any
suggestions? My alternative now is Apple Mail but I like Entourage
better as I can import from Outlook Express easier.

Doug Noble
Alexander School
Miami FL

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Service Pack 1 (11.1.0)
Read Me

October 2004>Microsoft Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved.

This document provid

3.4.6 Microsoft User Data folder is accessible from network volume
Accessing your Microsoft User Data folder from a network volume
sometimes caused problems. In some cases, when you attempted to access
the folder, the following messages appeared:

 

[David Hefford]

Doug,

I too have this problem. Have posted it to a few friends and colleagues and
all have reported this issue to some degree. The site I have the problem at
is kind of random and if it does fail, it is when the user starts Entourage
after logging in. The old beach ball hits at the main Window (all greyed out
mind you) and just sits there.

A friend suggested that is was the Database Daemon and he thinks I need to
write an Apple Script to launch this????


David Hefford
AppleCentre Adelaide
South Oz