XWEB: File Attachments in OWA Append 2 Extra Bytes CR/LF
Article ID: 187994
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook Web Access 5.5
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q187994
SYMPTOMS
When you use Outlook Web Access to send a message with a file attachment,
the attached file always has two extra characters appended, that is, CR/LF.
CAUSE
The Exupload code missed two hyphens while parsing the HTTP header
information. The delimiter used in computation is "\r\n", as opposed to
"\r\n--", ignoring the double hyphen and resulting in two extra bytes.
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 Outlook Web
Access, version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server
5.5 Service Pack 2.
Additional query words: CR/LF File Attachment
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB187994