XFOR: Meetings Cannot Be Used Between French Exchange Server and French PROFS Host

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

With an Exchange Server 5.5 computer plus the WEB2 release, a meeting request sent from PROFS to Exchange Server is not transmitted using the correct IPM, and is received as a "normal" message (IPM.NOTE).

On the other hand, a request sent from Exchange Server to PROFS can be received in English using the following workaround: in the [LME-PROFS] section of the Exchconn.ini file in Exchsrvr\Connect\Exchconn directory, set language=1033.

The dates are always transmitted in U.S. format.

CAUSE

When sending an OV/VM meeting from the host to a non-English locale, Exchange Server is sent as normal mail because the connector picks up the localized strings to compare for the JP/GR/FR equivalent, but the host is sending the literals in English. Since the connector cannot find the keywords from the incoming meeting invitations, it turns the invitations to an ordinary message.

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 Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

To customize the way dates are sent and received, three new parameters have been added to the Exchconn.ini file under the [LME-PROFS] section:

• CalendarDateFormat = U | I | E, default is U
• CalendarTimeFormat = 12 | 24, default is 12
• CalendarDateSeparator = / | - | ? | <whatever char>, default is /

Additional query words:

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