XFOR: Chat Portals No Longer Connect after Installing SP1
Article ID: 193381
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q193381
SUMMARY
After installing the Chat Server Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 5.5,
portals linking previous versions of the chat server no longer work.
Microsoft Exchange Chat Service version 5.5 Service Pack 1 does not support
mixed-version chat networks. You cannot connect a server running this
version with servers running earlier versions of the Chat Service product
(Internet Chat Server 1.0 or Microsoft Exchange Chat Service version 5.5).
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 and Microsoft
Exchange Chat Service version 5.5 Service Pack 1 must be installed on each
server.
MORE INFORMATION
Two or more chat server computers may be connected into a network through
the configuration of portals. A portal represents the connection between
two chat servers on a network. Each portal consists of a name, an IP
address, a port number, and a unique server ID number, which identifies the
chat server at the other end of the portal.
One important thing to note is that the Microsoft Exchange Chat server is
not able to communicate with other non-Microsoft Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
chat servers. Each IRC chat network implements the IRC protocol
differently.
Additional query words: chatsrv portal sp1
Keywords: kbinfo KB193381