XFOR: OVVM Connector Sends Incorrect Location Info in Meeting Request

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

Exchange Server users may find that upon receiving a meeting request from a host user (OVVM), the Location information is incorrect. This will occur when the original host user does not specify a Location field in the meeting request; the OV/VM (PROFS) connector uses a value from a previous meeting request containing Location information.

CAUSE

This is the result of a bug during the parsing of the meeting request by the OV/VM (PROFS) connector. Note that this bug only applies to the Web 2 or later version of the OV/VM (PROFS) connector.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Exchange Server 5.5 for the Intel and Alpha versions. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

The following text version of the meeting request illustrates the Location field:

Subject: Meeting to discuss financial report
Location: Conference Room 1001

Start: Thu 1/21/99 10:00 AM
End: Thu 1/21/99 11:00 AM
Show Time As: Tentative
Recurrence: (none)
Meeting Status: Not yet responded
Required Attendees: Euro 11 (VMX); Jimmy Cricket
To: EURO11 --MICROSOFT European Clown 11 JIMMYC --EFONSC5

Requester: European Clown 11
Date to be scheduled: 01/21/99
Starting time: 10:00
Ending time: 11:00

Location: Conference Room 1001
Subject: Meeting to discuss financial report
Purpose: See Subject.

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Additional query words: PROFS, meetings, location info.

Keywords : exc55 EXC55SP3Fix
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug