XCON: Configuring an X.400 Connector Between a Commercial and a DMS Exchange Server Computer (230420)

SYMPTOMS

When you set up an X.400 Connector from a commercial Exchange Server computer or site to a Defense Messaging System (DMS) Exchange Server computer or site, you may get the following non-delivery report (NDR) when you send or reply to a user on the DMS server:

From: System Administrator
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 1:59 PM
To: DMS USER1
Subject: Undeliverable: Test message from commercial to DMS

Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
Subject: Test message from commercial to DMS
Sent: 4/21/99 1:58 PM

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

DMS USER1 on 4/21/99 1:59 PM
One or more arguments in the recipient was detected as being invalid.
The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=US;a=
;p=ORGANIZATION;l=DMSSERVER1-990421235817Z-5
MSEXCH:MSExchangeMTA:SITE:DMSSITE1

This may cause the following events to appear in the Event Viewer application log:

Event ID: 211
Source: MSExchangeMTA
Type: Warning
Category: X.400

An error has occurred during a Transfer-In procedure. Private Extensions are not allowed to or from the Administrative Management Domain (ADMD). The Message Identifier (MTS-ID) is C=US;A= ;Organization;L=SERVERNAME-990430211926Z-125. X.400 reason code unable-to-transfer, X.400 diagnostic code invalid-arguments. [MTA XFER-IN 12 97] (14)

RESOLUTION

On the commercial version of Exchange Server, modify the Advanced tab of the X.400 Connector to the DMS version of Exchange Server as follows:

Select the Use the GDI specified below radio button.
The PRMD (p) option should be configured to correctly reflect the remote system's GDI settings.
In the ADMD (a) section, select Specific.
In the ADMD text box, type DMS.
In the Country/Region (c) section, select US (United States).