Mail from Address with an Encapsulated Address Crashes the SMTP Service (231705)

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

This article was previously published under Q231705

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft SMTP service on a computer with Microsoft Exchange 2000 installed, the Inetinfo.exe program may crash.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the "from" address is being improperly handled by the Microsoft SMTP service.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows 2000 release that contains this fix.

Please refer to your Beta documentation for information on how to obtain support and fixes for Windows 2000 Beta 3.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date      Time     Size      File name    Platform
   ---------------------------------------------------
   05/05/99   13:27   259,208   Aqueue.dll   x86
   05/05/99   13:27   480,904   Aqueue.dll   Alpha

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.

Modification Type:

Major

Last Reviewed:

11/21/2003

Keywords:

kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB231705