XCON: Remote MTA Reports Syntax Error (140937)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q140937 SYMPTOMS
When you connect to a remote Message Transfer Agent (MTA) via X.400 1988
conformance, the remote MTA may report a [syntax] error when it receives a
P1 PDU sent from the Microsoft Exchange Server.
CAUSE
The element that causes the problem is the per-recipient-indicators inside
the PerRecipientMessageTransferField. The Microsoft Exchange Server encodes
it as an implicit BITSTRING with three unused bits in the last octet. The
Recommendation X.411 Figure 4/X.411 defines that the three bits in the last
octet are reserved and have the value zero.
Microsoft Exchange Server marks them as "unused," violating the size
constraints.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 4.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
U.S. Service Pack 2. For information on obtaining the service pack, query
on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 4/28/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbusage KB140937 |
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