MHS: Err Msg: Invalid Address

ID: Q124746

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

The following error may display when a reply is sent to an MHS mail user from Microsoft Mail in a non-delivery notice:

Invalid Address

CAUSE

This may happen if the original message received by the Microsoft Mail user through the MHS gateway includes a comment field in the header, that contains a comma. In this case, the comma is seen as an address delimiter. Everything before the comma is one address, and everything after the comma is a separate address.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, 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://support.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/default.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   File Name     Version
   ---------------------
   Outpost.exe   3.0.7

This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Mhsgy2k.exe:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/mail/pcmail-public/all-y2k/

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS version 3.0.

MORE INFORMATION

The updated version of the OUTPOST.EXE file resolves this issue by not using commas inside comments as address delimiters.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0.5

Keywords : MailGWMHS
Version : MS-DOS:3.0
Platform : MS-DOS
Issue type : kbbug