X400: How the Gateway Handles Non X.400 To/Cc Addresses

Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q112039

2.10 3.00 3.20 MS-DOS kb3rdparty

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 versions 2.1, 3.0, and 3.2

When version 2.1, 3.0, or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 builds an X.400 message and finds that recipients of foreign messaging systems (for example SMTP, PROFS, MCI, etc.) have been copied on the message, it places the non-X.400 recipients and puts them in the free-form-name field of the X.400 P2 header.

This means the receiving X.400 user-agent must display the free-form- name(s) to its X.400 recipient in order for that recipient to see that non-X.400 users were copied on the message.

This is an interoperability issue since specific X.400 implementations may not display free-form-name since support for free-form-name is not mandated by NIST, OSTC or INTAP.

Additional reference words: 2.10 3.00 3.20
KBCategory: kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: MailGWX400
Keywords : MailGWX400 kb3rdparty
Version : 2.10 3.00 3.20
Platform : MS-DOS

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.