XCON: Message Content Changes When Sending via X.400 to UNIX to cc:Mail
Article ID: 187643
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q187643
SYMPTOMS
When an Exchange user sends a message via an X.400 Connector that contains
the following syntax in the message body:
execute the following command in Unix: cp ../.login .profile
the syntax will be modified and will appear as follows after the recipient
receives the message:
execute the following command in Unix: cp. ./.login. profile
Notice that the periods and spaces have shifted in the syntax shown above.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server
version 5.5. For more information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
191014
XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
versions 5.0.
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.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
versions 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5
Service Pack 2.
Additional query words: MTA
Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbbug kbfix KB187643