X400: Err Msg: Error Malformed Address:Typ

 Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q118969
3.20 MS-DOS kb3rdparty

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, version 3.2

SYMPTOMS

When the Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 is processing outgoing messages from Microsoft Mail for Appletalk Networks, this error may be generated: 

   ERROR 3 (creating P1 originator address): Malformed address: type <2>
      NETWORK/POSTOFFICE/USERID

   14:59:26 Extracting message from local message store: 0000043B
   14:59:26 ERROR 3 (creating P1 originator address): Malformed address:
      type <2> MACNET/MACPO/1F0001MF
   14:59:26 ERROR 3 (converting PC mail message to X.400): No Originator
      Found
   14:59:26 ERROR 3 (converting PC mail message to X.400): local form to
      X400 conversion
   14:59:26 ERROR -18 (processing mail bound for X.400): Receive from local
      message store Failed
   14:59:26 WARNING -1 (processing mail bound for X.400): FROM:
      MACNET/MACPO/1F0001MF
   14:59:26 WARNING -1 (processing mail bound for X.400): SUBJECT: Test
   14:59:26 ERROR -1 (collecting mail from local message store):
      ProcessMail()
   14:59:26 WARNING -1 (receiving message): Failed receiving message

CAUSE

This error indicates that no address conversion exists for the sending network/postoffice.

RESOLUTION

Follow these steps to add a new entry:

  1. Go into the X.400 3.2 Admin program.
2. Select "Addressing Conversion" in the Addressing section. 3. Type in the Mail Connection Proxy Network name: MACNET. 4. Fill in the X.400 addressing fields appropriate to your system. 5. Select Add. 6. Restart the X400 Gateway to so it reads in this information.

Additional reference words: 3.20
KBCategory: kbinterop
KBSubCategory: MailGWX400

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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