PC WRmt: Subject-Line Length Limited to 40 Characters

Last reviewed: January 3, 1995
Article ID: Q97025

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, version 3.2

SYMPTOMS

In version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Remote for Windows, when you use the Get Headers command to retrieve mail message headers, Mail truncates the Subject line of each message to 40 characters. This behavior leaves the Subject description incomplete when the message contains a long Subject. This behavior does not depend on the size of the Subject column in the Headers dialog box.

CAUSE

This behavior is caused by a design limitation in EXTERNAL.EXE, which processes only 40 characters for the Subject of each message.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in EXTERNAL.EXE included with versions 3.0, 3.0a, and 3.2 of Mail for PC Networks. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: 3.20 field
KBCategory: kbusage kbbug3.00 kbbug 3.00a kbbug3.20
KBSubCategory: MailPCWRmt

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: January 3, 1995
© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.