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XADM: Error 502: No Permissions When Accessing NNTP Server

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This article was previously published under Q188633

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Symptoms

When trying to access an NNTP service provided on an Exchange Server computer, you may receive error 502: No permissions

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Cause

The error has one of four possible causes:

�Anonymous access is not enabled for the NNTP protocol.
�The incorrect password has been entered.
�The account used for validation has been incorrectly entered.
�The account used for validation has a duplicate alias between multiple mailboxes for mailbox and custom recipients.

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Workaround

To work around this problem:

�If anonymous access is not enabled for the NNTP protocol, grant anonymous access.
�If an incorrect password has been entered, verify and use the correct password.
�If the account used for validation has been incorrectly entered, verify and use the correct account.
�If the account used for validation has a duplicate alias between multiple mailboxes for mailbox and custom recipients, change the alias used on the custom recipient so that it does not match the alias on the mailbox.

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More information

The No permissions error is caused by a problem with validation. During the validation process, the logon name is compared to the alias of a mailbox or custom recipient.

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Keywords: KB188633, kbprb

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Article Info
Article ID : 188633
Revision : 6
Created on : 10/28/2006
Published on : 10/28/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 276