X400: Characters with Diacritical Marks Are Not Encoded Properly (194711)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 3.2
This article was previously published under Q194711

SYMPTOMS

When you send a message that contains characters with diacritical marks through the Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, the characters with diacritical marks are not encoded properly.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later: 
   File Name      Version
   ----------------------
   X400gate.exe   3.2.1
This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as X400gy2k.exe:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/mail/gateways-public/All-Y2K/

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 version 3.2.

MORE INFORMATION

The following diacritical marks are the most common:

  • Acute accent
  • Breve
  • Caret
  • Caron or hacek
  • Cedilla
  • Circumflex
  • Diaeresis or dieresis
  • Digraph or ligature
  • Edh or eth
  • Grave accent
  • Hungarian umlaut
  • Macron
  • Ogonek or Polish cedilla
  • Ring or volle
  • Tilde
  • Umlaut
For additional information about diacritical marks, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

98999 Diacritical Marks Described and Explained

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/16/2002
Keywords:kbbug kbQFE KB194711
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