XFOR: IMC Generates Empty Body on S/MIME Messages

Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
Article ID: Q152863

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If an outbound Internet Mail Connector (IMC) message contains an attachment and MIME encoding has been selected, the IMC will generate a multipart/mixed MIME message. This will occur even if the original message contains only an attachment and an empty text or plain body.

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 kbother XFOR
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
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