MBS: Web Post Acceptor May Not Work with DPA Installed on Web Server
Article ID: 171337
Article Last Modified on 5/20/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Commercial Internet System 1.0 Service Pack 2, when used with:
- Microsoft Membership Server
- Microsoft Site Server 2.0 Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Web Posting Acceptor
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
This article was previously published under Q171337
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Microsoft Web Posting Acceptor in conjunction with the
Microsoft HTTP Post RFC1867 Update for Microsoft Internet Explorer version
3.02, and the Microsoft Distributed Password Authentication (DPA) engine
from Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) Membership Server, you may get one of the following error messages:
The parameter is incorrect.
-OR-
The Web Server is not responding or returned an unrecognized response.
CAUSE
The "Parameter is incorrect" error message indicates that the Microsoft
HTTP Post RFC1867 Update cannot read the Postinfo.asp file. The Microsoft
Web Posting Acceptor works for the first post when the Uploadx.asp file is
loaded.
The Microsoft HTTP Post RFC1867 Update reuses the connection that
was authenticated with DPA on loading of the Uploadx.asp file. On a re-
post, the Microsoft HTTP Post RFC1867 Update opens a new connection,
attempting to authenticate the user, and gets an HTTP redirect to the
Membership Broker System (MBS) troubleshooting page because the
authentication failed. Internet Explorer then displays an error message
saying, "The Web Server is not responding or returned an unrecognized
response."
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial
Internet System version 1.0. This problem has been corrected in the
latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Commercial Internet System
version 1.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query
on the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 183062
TITLE: MCIS 1.0 Service Packs 1 and 2 Information
Additional query words: sp2 mbs upload webpost post
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB171337