XFOR: Extended Characters in Attached Filenames Are Not Preserved When Sent to Macintosh Clients

ID: Q166152


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5


SYMPTOMS

When a Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client sends a message to a Macintosh user through the Microsoft Exchange AppleTalk connector, with extended ASCII characters in the filename of an attachment, these characters are not preserved when the message is received on the Macintosh computer.


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:

SERVPACK
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:
SERVPACK

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbbug5.00 kbfix5.00.sp2 XFOR
Version : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: January 6, 2000
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