SMTP: Err Msg: Error <Address> Is an Invalid Courier Mailbox

 Last reviewed: March 9, 1998
Article ID: Q108054
3.00 MS-DOS kbother kbfile

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP generates non-delivery notices, and reports the following error message: 

   ERROR <address> is an invalid Courier Mailbox
   ERROR Translating message to Microsoft Mail: out of memory
   552 Error in local delivery

CAUSE

The gateway received an invalid Microsoft Mail mailbox in the RFC 822 header information.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be problem in version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP. This problem was corrected in version 3.0.8 of SMTPGATE.EXE. If you do not have version 3.0.8 (or later), you can obtain the latest version from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL). Download SMTPGW.EXE (S14223), a self-extracting file, from any of the following services:

  • Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet 

          On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
      Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.

          Enter kbfile SMTPGW.EXE (size: 231849 bytes) 
                             , and click GO!
      Open the article, and click the button to download the file.


  • Internet (anonymous FTP)

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
      Get SMTPGW.EXE (size: 231849 bytes) 

    

  • The Microsoft Network

          On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location.
      Type "mssupport" (without the quotation marks).
      Double-click the MS Software Library icon.
      Find the appropriate product area.
      Locate and Download SMTPGW.EXE.

    

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download SMTPGW.EXE (size: 231849 bytes) 

    

For additional information about downloading, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:



   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services


MORE INFORMATION

 


Even if the recipient (RCPT) specified in the RFC 821 part of the message
is accurate, the gateway still fails the message if it cannot match the RFC
822 To: fields to a Microsoft Mail user.



	
	

	















	






Additional reference words: 3.00

KBCategory: kbother kbfile

KBSubcategory: mailgwsmtp

Keywords          : MailGWSMTP kbfile kbother

Version           : 3.00

Platform          : MS-DOS








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