Microsoft Mail Is Year 2000 CompliantLast reviewed: March 5, 1998Article ID: Q180299 |
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SUMMARYMicrosoft Mail Server is designed for use in the year 2000 and will continue to work well beyond the year 2000. There are some reported issues with the way Microsoft Mail writes the time stamp to the log files. This will not affect mail flow.
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There are open issues in the manner in which Microsoft Mail logs the event on logs files. This issue is under investigation to determine all of Microsoft Mail's supported gateways. sample external log for the year 2000:
01-01-100 22:17 Started: 01-01-100 22:17 01-01-100 22:17 Network type is: Microsoft compatible 01-01-100 22:17 Home postoffice is: m: 01-01-100 22:17 NetBIOS(-x): DO NOT USE 01-01-100 22:17 Permanent drives: M: - N: 01-01-100 22:17 Dynamic drives not in use 01-01-100 22:17 Testing permanent drive: M: 01-01-100 22:17 Testing permanent drive: N:The log will display an incorrect time stamp. However, the message itself will be unaffect and will display the year 2000 in correct manner. Microsoft Mail stores the date on a 4-digit format instead of 2 digits. To ensure the most reliable data and to reduce the potential for errors or unexpected results, Microsoft also recommends that you consider taking the following steps:
STATUSMicrosoft is testing to determine the extent of the issues. This does not affect the way mail flows. There is a current fix available for time stamp problem of the External and Dispatch executable for NTMMTA. Please contact Microsoft for other updates and status.
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