MSMail32 Message With Hyphens Results In Access Violation

 Last reviewed: September 7, 1996
Article ID: Q147661
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

If your outgoing MSMAIL32 message contains a line with 78 or greater hyphen (-) characters, the following error message appears: 

   An application exception has occurred: MSMAIL32.EXE
   Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: nt32ap NTSrvWkst
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.51 gp fault general protection

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Last reviewed: September 7, 1996
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