XCLN: Exchange Client for Macintosh Cannot Attach Macintosh Alia

 Last reviewed: February 25, 1998
Article ID: Q181632
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Macintosh client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
  • Microsoft Outlook for Macintosh, Exchange Server Edition, version 8.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Exchange Client or Outlook Client for Macintosh and attempt to insert a Mac alias into a message, the dialog jumps to the file associated with the alias. Rather than inserting the alias into the message, the file is inserted instead.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

From the Insert menu, click File. If you select an alias in the Browse window, one of the following will occur:

  1. If the alias points to a location such as a folder, hard disk, or file
server, then the browser jumps to the location of the alias and does not attach it.

  1. If the alias points to a file or application, then the actual file or
application that the alias points to is attached to the message.

Microsoft has determined this to be a function of the Macintosh software. The operating system will present the "Open" dialog box and resolve an alias to the filename, rather than leaving it as a link to the file. 

Keywords          : XCLN
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.0,5.0,8.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug

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Last reviewed: February 25, 1998
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