X400: Err Msg: Error Malformed Address:Typ

ID: Q118969


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, version 3.2


SYMPTOMS

When the Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 is processing outgoing messages from Microsoft Mail for Appletalk Networks, this error may be generated:

ERROR 3 (creating P1 originator address): Malformed address: type <2>

NETWORK/POSTOFFICE/USERID

14:59:26 Extracting message from local message store: 0000043B 14:59:26 ERROR 3 (creating P1 originator address): Malformed address:
type <2> MACNET/MACPO/1F0001MF
14:59:26 ERROR 3 (converting PC mail message to X.400): No Originator Found
14:59:26 ERROR 3 (converting PC mail message to X.400): local form to X400 conversion
14:59:26 ERROR -18 (processing mail bound for X.400): Receive from local message store Failed
14:59:26 WARNING -1 (processing mail bound for X.400): FROM:
MACNET/MACPO/1F0001MF
14:59:26 WARNING -1 (processing mail bound for X.400): SUBJECT: Test
14:59:26 ERROR -1 (collecting mail from local message store): ProcessMail()
14:59:26 WARNING -1 (receiving message): Failed receiving message


CAUSE

This error indicates that no address conversion exists for the sending network/postoffice.


RESOLUTION

Follow these steps to add a new entry:

  1. Go into the X.400 3.2 Admin program.


  2. Select "Addressing Conversion" in the Addressing section.


  3. Type in the Mail Connection Proxy Network name: MACNET.


  4. Fill in the X.400 addressing fields appropriate to your system.


  5. Select Add.


  6. Restart the X400 Gateway to so it reads in this information.


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Version : MS-DOS:3.2
Platform : MS-DOS
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Last Reviewed: November 3, 1999
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