XCON: Message Conversion Fails in MIME Uudecoder

ID: Q164662

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When users from Quikcomm send a message with one or more attachments to Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 users by way of the Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service, the message comes through as an attachment.

When the message enters the Microsoft Exchange environment, the following error message appears:

The Microsoft Exchange Server received an Internet message that could
not be processed.
To view the original message content, open the attached message.
<Message.txt>

Message.txt contains the actual message and the attachment as uuencoded.

CAUSE

The Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 MIME uudecoder is not working to the specifications. Specifically, it is not skipping unrecognizable characters after the uuencode end line is found.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 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

Keywords : kbusage kbbug5.00 XCON kbfix5.00.sp1
Version : 5.0
Platform :
Issue type : kbbug