XFOR: Extended Characters in Attached Filenames Are Not Preserved When Sent to Macintosh Clients (166152)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

This article was previously published under Q166152

SYMPTOMS

When a Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client sends a message to a Macintosh user through the Microsoft Exchange AppleTalk connector, with extended ASCII characters in the filename of an attachment, these characters are not preserved when the message is received on the Macintosh computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

SERVPACK

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

SERVPACK


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB166152