Article ID: 194548
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 3.2
This article was previously published under Q194548
SYMPTOMS
If the Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 sends a message with a free-form
name that is longer than 64 characters to a foreign system, the message
transfer agent (MTA) on the foreign system may indicate that it cannot
deliver the message because the free-form name is invalid.
CAUSE
The Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 normally uses the contents of the
personal name (PN) field to create the free-form name. However, if the PN
field is empty, the entire X.400 address is used to create the free-form
name. When this occurs, it is possible for the free-form name to be longer
than 64 characters.
The NIST Stable Implementation Agreements for Open Systems Interconnection
Protocols specify that the maximum length for free-form names is 64
characters. Therefore, some foreign systems are unable to process messages
with free-form names that are longer than 64 characters.
RESOLUTION
A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft,
but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to
systems experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to
obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services
phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following
address on the World Wide Web:
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes
or later:
File Name Version
----------------------
X400gate.exe 3.2.8
This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as
X400gy2k.exe:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail Gateway to
X.400 version 3.2.
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