Direct Mailer Sends Message to Incorrect Recipient (240182)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Site Server 3.0
This article was previously published under Q240182

SYMPTOMS

Direct Mailer may send e-mail messages to an incorrect recipient. For example, User1 may receive an e-mail message that is supposed to go to User2. When this problem occus, User1 receives two e-mail messages that are intended for other users. Note that this only occurs intermittently under stress.

CAUSE

Direct Mailer performs an Address Book lookup against ou=members in the directory. Although this is performed correctly, the process of resolving the names in a distribution list is done asynchronously. As a result of a timing problem, an incorrect address is used to build a message.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Site Server 3.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

219292 How to Obtain the Latest Site Server 3.0 Service Pack

STATUS

This problem was first corrected in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 3.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/22/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB240182
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