XADM: MTA Converts (a) to (040)a(041) in Message Tracking (249349)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 SP3

This article was previously published under Q249349

SYMPTOMS

If you send a message to an Outlook contact or personal Address Book entry that contains an encapsulated RFC-822 address.

For example:

C=us;a= ;p=microsoft;o=msft;s=user;DDA:RFC-822=user(a)domain.com

you may find that the message tracking logs in the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program incorrectly show the (a) translated to (040)a(041). As a result, the above address appears as follows:

C=us;a= ;p=microsoft;o=msft;s=user;DDA:RFC-822=user(040)a(041)domain.com

CAUSE

The Exchange Server message transfer agent (MTA) is incorrectly translating the parentheses (), which are then written to the tracking log.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 SP3. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/2/2003
Keywords:	kbbug kbExchange550preSP4fix kbExchange550sp4Fix kbfix kbQFE KB249349