XCON: DBCS Chars in Subject of Embedded Message not Converted

ID: Q151373

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Site A is connected by an X.400 Connector to Site B, which is in turn connected by an X.400 Connector to Site C.

NOTE: There is no replication between Site A and Site C.

A user on Site A sends a message to a user on Site C. This message contains an embedded message in which the subject field has characters from the double-byte character set (DBCS). On the destination client, the embedded message's subject line contains invalid characters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. 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

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. 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

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage kbbug4.00 kbbug5.00 XCON kbfix5.00.sp1
Version : winnt:4.0,5.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug