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SYMPTOMSThe Internet Mail Connector will stop when it receives incoming mail if the RFC 821 "from" address is longer than 64 characters and there is no RFC 822 "from" address. CAUSEIf the message does not have an RFC 822 "from" address, the IMC will only allocate 64 characters in which to save the RFC 821 "from" address. If the message contains an RFC 821 "from" address that is longer than 64 characters, the IMC will stop in the middle of the SMTP conversation. MORE INFORMATION
If the message has an RFC 822 address, the IMC will not stop if the length
of the RFC 821 "from" address is longer than 64 characters.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange 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 Additional query words:
Keywords : kbusage kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp3 XCON |
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