XFOR: 1251 Character Sets Not Preserved on Incoming IMS Messages (176185)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
This article was previously published under Q176185 SYMPTOMS
Messages sent with Russian Athena containing the Windows-1251 character
set, when downloaded via POP, contain body corruption.
CAUSE
During inbound processing, the Internet codepage property
(PR_INTERNET_CPID) is being set only if the Iso codepage of the incoming
character set is not a Windows codepage. Windows 1251, KOI8-R, and ISO-
8859-5 all fall in the 1251 character set group, so without the original
codepage information, Exchange always maps it using the MIME database,
which maps it to KOI8-R. Therefore, messages coming in using Windows-1251
and ISO-8859-5 are sent out as KOI8-R. Now the Internet codepage property
ALWAYS is set on inbound, so Exchange knows which character set to use on
outbound.
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):
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/23/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix KB176185 |
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