Web Subscription Notification Does Not Validate E-Mail Address (217400)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2000 Server Extensions
This article was previously published under Q217400

SYMPTOMS

When you configure a Web Subscription notification that is sent to an invalid e-mail address or to an e-mail address that is external to your intranet, the following message occurs:
You have successfully subscribed to event
Where event is the event configured to send the e-mail notification.

There is no warning indicating that the e-mail address is invalid or external to your intranet.

CAUSE

The Document Subscription dialog box does not validate the e-mail address that you type into the Address box in the e-mail options.

RESOLUTION

Method 1

Configure your e-mail service so that no e-mail can be sent outside of your company.

Method 2

The Office Server Extensions (OSE) Web administrator can check for inappropriate or invalid e-mail addresses. To do this, use the following steps:
  1. Start the Microsoft Office Server Extensions Administration Home Page by typing in the following URL:

    http:\\your_servername\msoffice\msoadmin

    Where your_servername is the name of the OSE server.
  2. Click Manage Web Subscriptions.
  3. Review the e-mail addresses in the subscription list box.
  4. Select any Web Subscriptions with inappropriate e-mail addresses and click Delete.
NOTE: You must be the OSE server's Web administrator in order to do this.

MORE INFORMATION

The notification e-mail contains the following information:
  • The name of the Web server where the document is stored.
  • The name of the document.
  • The event that occurred on the document to send the notification e-mail.
  • What time the event occurred.
  • The user name of the person who created the event.
  • The domain of the above user.
  • The e-mail address of the OSE (Office Server Extended) Web server administrator.
This information may be sent to an incorrect e-mail address or an e-mail address outside your workgroup.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/12/2001
Keywords:kbprb KB217400
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