XCLN: Macintosh Mail Migration Fails to Import SMTP PAB Entries Correctly
Article ID: 181939
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q181939
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Microsoft Mail Gateway Source Extractor to migrate Mac
Mail 3.x users to Exchange Server 5.5, the Source Extractor may fail to
generate SMTP PAB (personal address book) entries correctly. PAB e-mail
address SMTP entries in the .pri file may be of the following type:
USER:FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
with no indication as to what mail type the entries are. The only entries
with any type before the e-mail address value may be the local users of the
Mac Mail postoffice, for example, MSA:NetworkAdmin@Operations.
The X400 addresses may appear as the following:
USER:X400First
with no additional fields included in the addresses.
CAUSE
The problem occurs because PC Mail Gateway and Exchange Mail Gateway
addresses do not conform exactly to the default address format; they have
two additional fields. Therefore, these addresses are never recognized as
SMTP addresses.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Exchange Macintosh
client version 4.0.
A supported fix is now available, but has not been 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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