XCLN: Advanced Security Setting Not Consistent

• Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

The Exchange Server 5.0 Client advanced security setting is not consistent when you reply to an encrypted and digitally signed message.

When you reply to messages that have been encrypted and digitally signed, the security setting on the reply message is different, depending on whether the original message is open in a separate window or highlighted in the Inbox. When a user receives encrypted and digitally signed messages and if the user has encryption and digital signature on by default, regardless of the whether the message is replied to/forwarded from a message window or from the Inbox, all replies or forwards should be encrypted and signed. However, when the user opens the message and clicks the Reply button, the resulting message is signed but not encrypted.

CAUSE

The Exchange Windows NT Client does not preserve the security settings when you forward a message from an open item.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0 service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Windows NT Client version 5.0.

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug