XFOR: CR Receives Rich Text Format Information UnexpectedlyLast reviewed: February 12, 1998Article ID: Q173713 |
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SYMPTOMSA Custom Recipient (CR) receives a message that includes Rich Text Format (RTF) information. This occurs even if Allow Rich Text Format is not selected in the Advanced tab of Properties for the CR. If the original message sent contained an attachment, the attachment may be received by non-Microsoft mail clients as an unreadable RTF attachment.
CAUSEWhile expanding Distribution Lists and processing alternate recipients, the Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) did not preserve the CR property indicating whether it should receive RTF.
WORKAROUNDIn the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program, change the Send Microsoft Exchange Rich Text Formatting option to NEVER in the Interoperability dialog box on the IMC Internet Mail property page (use the Specify Message Content by E-Mail Domain option if you want to restrict this option to individual domains). For information about a client-side fix for this problem, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q169666 TITLE: XADM: POP3 Users may not Receive an Attachment if Part of DL STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. 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 MORE INFORMATIONWhat the non-Microsoft client actually receives depends on:
For more information regarding RTF information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q136204 TITLE: XCLN: Sending Messages In Rich-Text FormatUpon inspection, it can be seen that these messages correspond to messages sent to a distribution list in which the CR is a member, or as a result of the CR being defined as an alternate recipient for a Microsoft Exchange mailbox. Keywords : kbbug5.00 kbfix5.00.sp2 XFOR Version : WinNT:5.0 Platform : winnt Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix |
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