XFOR: SMTP Address Space Appears as a Semicolon

ID: Q146299

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 5.5, 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

If the Address Space on the Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Connector (IMC) is set to TYPE:SMTP and the ADDRESS value is left blank then on the Site Addressing-Routing property page the SMTP address appears as a semi- colon (;) in the VALUE column.

RESOLUTION

This is just a display problem and does not effect the working of the Microsoft Exchange IMC and the Microsoft Exchange message transfer agent (MTA). The blank address space on the IMC means that any address of type SMTP should be sent to the IMC from the MTA.

Microsoft suggests to get better performance from the IMC/MA, the value of "*" should be used instead of leaving it blank.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 4.0, of Microsoft Exchange. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 4.00 ROUTING TABLE GWART Semi colon

Keywords : XCON exc4 exc5 exc55
Version : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type :