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XWEB: Text in Subject Line Removed when Replying or Forwarding

Article ID: 175634

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

Microsoft Outlook Web Access 5.5
Microsoft Exchange Active Server Components 5.0

This article was previously published under Q175634

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) client, if the Subject field of a message begins with one, two, or three characters and is followed by a colon (:),the text before and including the colon is removed from the Subject field when the message is replied to or forwarded.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server versions 5.0 and 5.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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