OL2000: Error Publishing Internet Free/Busy Information to an FTP Site (215439)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
This article was previously published under Q215439

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to publish your Free/Busy information to an FTP site, you may get the following error message:
An error occurred publishing your Internet Free/Busy data. Could not connect to FTP site. The URL was ftp site address.

CAUSE

The FTP site which you are addressing has anonymous login disabled.

RESOLUTION

Enable anonymous login on the FTP site or include the username and password in the ftp address.

MORE INFORMATION

The proper address format for an FTP site that has anonymous login disabled is as follows:

ftp://User:Password@ftp.user@host.domain.com/Usersfolder/Freebusy/Myname.vfb

where User is the Username of the account and Password is the password associated with the account.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the Internet Free/Busy feature, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

196484 OL2000: Using Outlook's Internet Free/Busy Feature

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/29/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB215439
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