Cannot Search Contents of Text Attachments in E-mail Messages in Windows 2000 (281708)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to search the contents of Unicode or ANSI text attachments in e-mail messages that are delivered from Exchange 2000 Server, you may not be able to complete the search.

For Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, this behavior occurs on the Exchange 2000 public folders that are used as Portal Server content sources.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) filter is sent to the Windows 2000-based client computer without a plain-text filter. The MIME filter tries to handle the plain text by using the Microsoft Exchange Active Server Components (ASC) filter to search the document.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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

   Date         Time   Version        Size    File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   31-May-2001  18:31  5.0.2195.3649  19,216  Mimefilt.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information on how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes