MHS: Attachment Not Delivered, But No Error Message is Displayed

• Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

If you send a message that contains an attachment from MHS to Microsoft Mail for PC Networks through the Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS, the attachment may not be delivered. The message is delivered successfully and no error messages are displayed, but the attachment remains in the MHS\MAIL\GATES\<gateway>\OPARCEL folder on the MHS computer, where <gateway> is the gateway name.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if the Attachment field in the message header is located after a field with a longer field name. For example, the problem occurs if the Attachment field is located after the Attachment-name field. The buffer used to hold the field name may not be cleared after the contents of the field are processed. Therefore, if the next field name is shorter, the field name in the buffer may be incorrect. This prevents the Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS from delivering the attachment.

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

   File Name     Version
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   Outpost.exe   3.0.10 

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