MHS: INPOST.EXE Strips Local User Aliases from To: Line

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

If a Microsoft Mail for PC Networks user composes mail to multiple user types (local postoffice users and MHS users), the Inpost program (INPOST.EXE) correctly routes mail to MHS. However, when the MHS users receive the mail, they do not see any of the local users in the To: field, they see only the MHS type users in this field.

CAUSE

In keeping with Standard Message Format (SMF) 64, 70, and 71 specification, the To: field is a text field that contains a list of recipient names. (It is the 12th field from the top when you specify the -h option on the command line to activate header information.) However, because the SMF specification does not require that local aliases be retained, the Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS does not retain this information.

MORE INFORMATION

The message below originally had a total of four recipients: two Microsoft local users and two MHS users. However, MHS (INPOST.EXE) has removed the Microsoft local users from the To: field.

   Send-to: admin @ CHIMHS,
    andy @ chimhs
   Hop-count: 1
   Sender: andy@chimhs {MAIL32/CHICAGO/andy}
   Message-encoding: IBM-437
   MCB-options: NNYOANA
   MCB-type: 0
   Date-posted: 25-May-93 11:16:18
   SMF-version: 70
   Error-report: 0
   MHS-id: 43FA012C8117D4D1
   From: andy@chimhs {MAIL32/CHICAGO/andy}
   >>>     To: admin@CHIMHS,
      andy@chimhs
   Subject: Multi Test # 2
   Date: 25-May-93 09:40
   Importance: Low
   Message-id: 45FA012C8117D4D1
   Via-host: Hometown.Hometown