OL2001: The Domain Password in Outlook Is Not Case Sensitive (294562)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Mac
This article was previously published under Q294562

SYMPTOMS

When you log on to a Microsoft Exchange Server by using Outlook 2001 for Mac, your password is not case sensitive

Note This behavior also affects File Level access when you use Apple Chooser to access Macintosh Shares on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because Outlook 2001 for Mac does not use the NTLM (Microsoft Windows NT challenge/response) to authenticate its password because of a different implementation of the NTLM standard that is used by Outlook 2001 for Mac. Passwords that are sent using NTLM password authentications require correct casing of passwords.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

165091 Password Uniqueness May Not Account for Case Sensitivity

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/22/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB294562
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