MHS: Messages with Addresses on Multiple Lines Not Delivered

ID: Q194144

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

If you send a message with a To line that wraps to multiple lines from MHS to Microsoft Mail for PC Networks through the Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS, the message may not be successfully delivered. Even if the original message is successfully delivered, one or more additional messages may remain in the outbound message queue on the foreign system indefinitely. In addition, you may be unable to successfully reply to all recipients on the original message.

CAUSE

The Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS does not properly resolve addresses that appear on multiple lines.

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   3.0.5

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.

Additional query words:

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