An HTML-formatted e-mail message is not received by a recipient that uses a different e-mail protocol when it is sent in Outlook 2002 (810488)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002

SYMPTOMS

When you send an HTML-formatted e-mail message in Microsoft Outlook 2002 to a recipient that uses a different e-mail protocol (for example, if the recipient use a Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) or an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) e-mail protocol), the e-mail message may not be received.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the HTML-formatted e-mail message contains a trailing NULL (=00 or =20) character in the body of the e-mail message.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack

Hotfix Information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
   Date         Time   Size       File name     
   --------------------------------------------
   13-Dec-2002  11:33  2,347,904  Outlook.msp
   13-Dec-2002  13:18  5,207,944  Outlookff.msp
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version      Size        File name     
   --------------------------------------------------------
   19-Sep-2002  19:23  10.0.4517.0    105,032  Envelope.dll     
   13-Dec-2002  06:58  10.0.4810.0    346,696  Exsec32.dll
   09-Aug-2002  01:22  10.0.4406.0    137,800  Impmail.dll      
   14-Nov-2002  23:14  10.0.4712.0    539,208  Outlcm.dll       
   13-Dec-2002  06:58  10.0.4810.0  6,314,568  Outllib.dll      
   11-Oct-2002  20:14  10.0.4608.0     92,744  Outlmime.dll     
   13-Sep-2002  01:52  10.0.4510.0     47,688  Outlook.exe      
   08-Nov-2002  19:47  10.0.4705.0    121,416  Outlph.dll       
   25-Nov-2002  16:50  10.0.4721.0     47,688  Recall.dll
This hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP-2 installed. For additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

325671 OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2

Additionally, you may have to install Windows Installer 2.0 to install this hotfix. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement for post-Office XP SP-2 hotfixes, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330537 OFFXP: Office XP Updates and Patches Released After September 2002 May Require Windows Installer 2.0

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article. This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

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

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
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