XADM: Unable to Post a Reply to an Exchange Server 5.5 Newsgroup Folder (194657)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 SP1

This article was previously published under Q194657

SYMPTOMS

Some Internet News readers may be unable to post a reply to a newsgroup folder hosted on an Exchange Server 5.5 computer if the server has been configured to not allow anonymous access.

CAUSE

When anonymous access has been disabled on an Exchange Server 5.5 computer, the server responds to a client connection with a 201 banner (no posting allowed).

Here is an example of the banner received by the client:

   201 Microsoft Exchange Internet News Service Version 5.5.1960.6 (no
   posting)

Because posting is allowed (as long as the client authenticates), the banner returned should be a 200 (posting allowed):

   200 Microsoft Exchange Internet News Service Version 5.5.1960.6 (posting
   allowed)

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

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

Component: Information Store

   File Name     Version
   -----------------------
   STORE.EXE     5.5.2405.0
   MDBMSG.DLL    5.5.2405.0
   GAPI32.DLL    5.5.2405.0

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Exchange Server 5.5 for Windows NT.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix KB194657