XADM: Newsgroup Postings Remain on the Hard Disk After You Block Them by Using a Transport Event Sink (815413)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

SYMPTOMS

When you configure a transport event sink to prevent the posting of a message to a newsgroup folder, the blocked newsgroup posting (.nws) is still written to the hard disk.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when you configure an event sink that implements the OnPost event. It occurs because the .nws file is already written to the hard disk when the OnPost event handler is called.

When the posting is canceled, the users cannot access the message item; however, the .nws file is not deleted from the file system on the computer.

RESOLUTION

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 P1 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.

Prerequisites

Because of file dependencies, this update requires Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (SP3). For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301378 How to Obtain the Latest Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack

File Information

The English 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   Version         Size     File name
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11-Mar-2003  10:36  5.0.2195.6682   612,112  Nntpsvc.dll 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

When you configure an event sink that implements the OnPost event, and you change the NNTPProcessing field in the envelope to a value of 0 (zero) to prevent the posting of messages to a newsgroup public folder, Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) clients receive a notification. The notification indicates that their posting has been blocked after they try to post a message to the folder, as you expect.

However, when you view the contents of the folder that the client tried to post the message to, you notice that the message has been written to the hard disk as a news (.nws) file. After you install this update, filtered newsgroup postings do not remain on the hard disk.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/29/2005
Keywords:kbQFE kbfix kbExchange2000preSP4fix kbbug KB815413