PROFS: VMGATE Log .MAI File Errors

ID: Q128462

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Gateway to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision, version 3.4a

SYMPTOMS

The following errors occur in the VMGATE log:

[15:24] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI [15:24] -
...will try again at NEXT time, processing continues

[15:26] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI [15:26] -
...will try again at NEXT time, processing continues

[15:28] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI
[15:28] - ...SYSTEM.LOG entry written, diagnostic sent to:

After the .MAI file fails for the third time, the mail is returned to the sender and the following message is logged in the system log:

System log entry on: 12-15-94 15:28
VMGATE program has detected a mail problem
Message data:

From: IES/TOWER/SZHJZG
Date: 12-15-94
Time: 15:29
Subject: MMIS year end processing issues
Mail retry count exceeded sending to: VMGATE

CAUSE

The program was not reading data properly if a particular field was bigger than the buffer size, and started within the current buffered data.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.4a of Microsoft Mail Gateway to PROFS. This problem was corrected in VMGATE.EXE version 3.40.0042. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Vmga.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

Additional query words: 3.40a

Keywords : MailGWPROFS
Version : :3.4a
Platform : MS-DOS
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