XADM: DirSync Imports Treated Differently by Exchange

 Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
Article ID: Q140944

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When an import file for Microsoft Mail for PC Networks is imported into the Directory Synchronization Stream with the -E command line option (IMPORT -E), and the 34th character does not contain the address type, Microsoft Exchange, acting as the Directory Server, puts these entries away and does nothing with them nor does it register an error in Event Viewer.

On page 328 and 329 of the Microsoft Mail “Administrator’s Guide,” it states that if the address type is omitted, it uses the PCM type by default. This was true with Microsoft Mail acting as the Directory Synchronization Server but not with Microsoft Exchange acting as the Directory Synchronization Server.

CAUSE

Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0 required an address type to be declared.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Server U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp2 kbusage XADM
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
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