FrontPage Server Extensions Prematurely Closes SMTP Connections (198226)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q198226 SYMPTOMS
When you use the SMTPHost to configure the FrontPage Server Extension for
UNIX to deliver e-mail to an e-mail transport, the extension may fail to
send the e-mail and abnormally terminate.
CAUSE
When you use the SMTPHost option, the FrontPage Server Extension
communicates directly with the SMTP server. Under normal circumstances,
the initial SMTP communication is encapsulated in one packet. If the
responses from the SMTP server are split into two packets, then the
conditional checking finds the response but does not wait for the
<cr><lf>
from the second packet, which marks the message end. This has been
observed with the 220 service ready message response being split into two
packets. In this case, the extension sends the HELO message before the
second packet arrives. When the HELO is sent, the extension expects the
next message in the sequence, and when the remainder of the 220 message
arrives, it causes the extension to fail and closes the connection.
RESOLUTION
This problem has been fixed in the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions. It is
available for download from http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/default.aspx
.
To resolve this problem, upgrade the Web server to the FrontPage 2000
Server Extensions.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the SendMailCommand that forces the
FrontPage Server Extension to use an external mail program to send the
mail. The following excerpt is from the FrontPage Server Extension Resource Kit:
SendMailCommand
This parameter sets the name of a program to which Email should be piped. Typically this will be
"sendmail", but it could be any program. Before invoking the command,
all occurrences of "%r" are replaced with the recipient of the mail. The percent sign character
followed by any other character is replaced by that character. Example:
SendmailCommand:/usr/lib/sendmail %r
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FrontPage 98 for Windows.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/10/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbdownload kbbug kbpending KB198226 |
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