XFOR: MS Mail X.400 Gateways and Exchange X.121 Addresses

ID: Q156725

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If your Microsoft Exchange Server sends a message indirectly via a Shared File System (SFS) X.400 gateway, and part of the X.400 O/R address contains:


   X.121=

and there is a period between the X and the 1, the X.400 gateway will fail to process the message. The following error will appear on the X.400 gateway if it is running with the -lvd command line option:

15:46:15 Extracting message from local message store: 00000020
15:46:15 DEBUG (Converting PC Mail message to X400): Translating to X400
15:46:15 ERROR 3 (Creating P1 Recipient address): Malformed address: type <16>

CAUSE

The SFS X.400 gateway will only process X.121 addresses when there is no period between the X and the 1. The period will be present when an X.400 address is imported from Microsoft Mail to Microsoft Exchange Server using Directory Synchronization (DirSync) and the address is of the format c=gb;a=admd;p=prmd;x.121=1234567890. This is a valid address, but not an address that the SFS X.400 gateway will be able to process.

STATUS

Microsoft 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:

SERVPACK

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp3 XFOR
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
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