XCON: Cannot Reply to X.400 Recipients If the Address Contains a Slash Mark as a Field Separator (292001)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server
This article was previously published under Q292001 SYMPTOMS
Users cannot reply to e-mail messages if the X.400 addresses of the recipients have a slash mark (/) as a field separator instead of a semicolon (;). The local message transfer agent (MTA) generates the following non-delivery report (NDR):
From: System Administrator
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:19 PM
To: c=US/a= /p=myorg/o=exchange/s=userZ/
Subject: Undeliverable: [X400:c=US/a= /p=myorg/o=exchange/s=userZ]
Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
Subject: [X400:c=US/a= /p=myorg/o=exchange/s=userZ]
Sent: 2/28/2001 2:01 PM
The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
c=US/a= /p=myorg/o=exchange/s=userZ/ on 2/28/2001 2:18 PM
The e-mail address could not be found. Perhaps the recipient moved to a different e-mail organization, or there was a mistake in the address. Check the address and try again.
CAUSE
This issue can occur because a slash mark as separator in an X.400 address is possible in Exchange Server 5.5, but is not handled correctly in Exchange 2000.
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
301378 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Component: MTA
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 1.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/25/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbExchange2000preSP1fix kbfix kbQFE KB292001 |
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