XFOR: Message Format Differs Between POP and MAPI Clients (176184)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
This article was previously published under Q176184 SYMPTOMS
When a MAPI client receives messages from the Internet, Internet Mail (also
known as IMAIL) converts the original Internet message to a MAPI message
properly; and the message would be delivered to the user's inbox. However,
if the user tried to read the message through a POP client, the message
that the user sees on a POP client may not look the same as it looks in a
MAPI compliant client. This problem is evident when POP Client views MIME
messages with multipart/alternative bodypart inside a multipart/related.
STATUS
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 (without the spaces):
MORE INFORMATION
Internet Mail attempts its best to preserve the original Internet message
format when converting a MAPI message (which had originally come in from
Internet) to Internet format. If this preservation is complete, the "full
fidelity" was being preserved. The described problem indicates that the
full fidelity preservation has failed for MIME messages with
multipart/alternative bodypart inside a multipart/related. This is causing
the message viewed in a POP client to be different than the original
Internet message.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/23/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbusage KB176184 |
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