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XFOR: INS: Period Is Not Accepted in From Address

Article ID: 176674

Article Last Modified on 9/22/2005

Microsoft Commercial Internet System 1.0 Service Pack 2

This article was previously published under Q176674

SYMPTOMS

Articles with a period (dot) in the "from" address are rejected by the Internet News Server (INS).

For example:

200 NNTP Service Microsoft(r) Internet Services 5.5 Version: 5.5.1726.0
Posting Allowed
post
340 Continue posting - terminate with period
From: John D. Doe <johndoe@company.com>
newsgroups: alt.test
subject: test

test. .

441 (633) Article Rejected -- Address in 'From:' field has an illegal value

CAUSE

Punctuation characters are not accepted in the From address by INS.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the fix referenced below or wait for the next Microsoft Commercial Internet Server service pack.

With the fix applied, INS is modified to only accept email addresses in the form John D. Doe <johndoe@company.com>. Only the period is accepted and no other punctuation marks are accepted.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a limitation in MCIS version 1.0.

A supported fix is now available, but has not been not fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.

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