# Email Question- Need answer fairly quickly **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 18, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166 "2011-03-18T16:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166/1 "2011-03-18T16:04:32Z")
A client of mine is receiving this error when emailing using Outlook 2003: **#32050 was generated by by MAPISession. Logon failure: valid session ID already exists.** He closes Outlook and reopens it again and continues along his merry way. Then, BAM! 20 minutes later he gets the same error. I checked to see if Outlook was his default email program, and it is. Any PC gurus know what the heck this error means and how to fix it? Buy you a case of beer. BTW, his OS is Windows XP SP3 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166/2 "2011-03-18T16:42:35Z")
I would reboot the entire machine, not just Outlook. I would also see if I could change his password. If there is something else logging in as him somewhere else, or on his machine, it would be kicked off if he had a new password. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166/3 "2011-03-18T16:48:54Z")
I don’t know. But my WAG is that someone else is trying to log onto the network with his credentials and it’s kicking him off. Recommend a change of password and see if it helps. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166/4 "2011-03-18T16:59:39Z")
Probably some other program on the machine sending emails that’s conflicting. For example, Crystal Reports will dump to Exchange. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166/5 "2011-03-18T17:08:23Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I don’t know. But my WAG is that someone else is trying to log onto the network with his credentials and it’s kicking him off. Recommend a change of password and see if it helps. This. Thank you so much, **rachelellogram**! Now, how do I get that case of beer to you?😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166/6 "2011-03-18T18:19:30Z")
So, my valid answer before hers was too wordy? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166/7 "2011-03-18T21:44:53Z")
> [@](#): > > So, my valid answer before hers was too wordy? Sorry **ZipperJJ** , you’re absolutely right. Second case of beer being sent your way. Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question-need-answer-fairly-quickly/575166/8 "2011-03-21T14:23:52Z")
I don’t drink beer! Just pay it forward 😛