XFOR: From Field Changed When Message Sent to INS

ID: Q166522

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, version 5.0
Microsoft Exchange Client for Windows 95, version 5.0
Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, version 5.0
Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

If you send a message to the Internet News Service (INS) in the following format:

From: Address@site.net (Name)

The INS changes the From field to the following:

From:"Address@site.net (name)" <Address@site.net>

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:

SERVPACK

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage kbbug5.00 XCLN kbfix5.00.sp1
Version : WINDOWS:5.0; Win95:5.0; winnt:5.0
Platform : Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbbug