FIX: EDK Sample Proxy Generator Fails After 21st Identical Alias

ID: Q225010

The information in this article applies to:

Exchange Development Kit (EDK), versions 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

The Exchange Development Kit (EDK) sample Proxy generator, PROXYGEN, does not generate EDK proxy addresses for identical aliases after the 21st alias.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
This bug was corrected in Exchange 5.5 EDK.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, if you have 23 aliases of "Admin," the proxy generator will create EDK address for 21 of these addresses and fail on the rest with the following error:

Unable to create unique email address for <alias>

Additional query words: kbXchge kbEDK400 kbEDK400bug kbEDK500 kbEDK500bug kbEDK550fix kbMsg kbGrpMsg

Keywords : kbXchge kbMsg kbEDK400 kbEDK400bug kbEDK500 kbEDK500bug kbEDK550fix kbGrpMsg
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug