XCON: Conditional Reroute on Single Link Bounces Back
Article ID: 164836
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q164836
SYMPTOMS
When messages are received from foreign X.400 systems, sometimes the
messages cannot be resolved against the Directory Service (DS). These
messages are marked as rerouted and sent back to the foreign X.400 system.
This then starts a ping-pong effect between the two systems.
CAUSE
Some X.400 systems cannot handle the fact that the message is marked as
REROUTED up the same link as the message was sent. Because they cannot
loop detect the message, they consequently resend the message back to
Microsoft Exchange, starting the ping-pong effect.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange version
4.0.
This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbusage KB164836