Many Lotus Notes proxy addresses appear in the properties of a user account in a domain where Exchange Server 2003 is installed (840668)

CAUSE

This problem occurs if both of the following conditions are true:

The user account does not have a first name or a last name specified in the username Properties dialog box in the Active Directory Users and Computers tool.
The Lotus Notes Address proxy e-mail address specifies the first name and last name variables. For example, you use a Lotus Notes proxy address that is similar to the following:
&g&s/First Administrative Group/corp@contoso.com
Note The g variable stands for "given name" (first name), and the s variable stands for "surname" (last name).

This problem occurs because when the Recipient Update Service runs in the domain, it examines the current proxy addresses to determine if they have been modified. In the scenario where you stamp a proxy address that specifies the last name and the first name but the user account does not have a last name or a first name, the Recipient Update Service determines that this proxy address has been modified. Therefore, it creates an additional Lotus Notes proxy address every time that it runs.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

836993 How to obtain the latest service packs for Exchange Server 2003

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, 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:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

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

No prerequisites are required to install this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart your computer after you install this hotfix. However, all the following services are automatically stopped and then restarted when you install this hotfix:

MSExchangeMTA
MSExchangeIS
MSExchangeSA

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   05-May-2004  02:32  6.5.6980.87        38,912  Ntspxgen.dll

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

817903 New naming schema for Exchange Server software update packages

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