XFOR: Pickup Folder Mishandles Read-Only File Permissions (221432)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
- Microsoft Commercial Internet System 2.0
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q221432 SYMPTOMS
When you generate SMTP mail by creating files, some files are not removed. This happens when you create files in Request for Comments (RFC) 822 format in the Pickup subfolder of the Mailroot folder of the Internet Information Server (IIS) SMTP service (SMTPSVC). Subsequent restarts of the SMTPSVC causes the file to be reprocessed, but the file still is not removed.
CAUSE
These unremoved files that were copied into the Pickup folder have the Read-Only attribute set.
There is no explicit checking to ascertain whether the files processed have the Read-Only attribute set or not.
Note that this problem does not occur with the Pickup subfolder of the Imcdata folder when you are using the Exchange Server 5.5 Internet Mail Service.
WORKAROUND
When you copy files into the Pickup folder, ensure that the Read-Only attribute is not set.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 4/28/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbnofix KB221432 kbAudDeveloper |
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