FFAPI: Messages Get Duplicated when Sending Across FFAPI Gateway

ID: Q216476

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit: FFAPI for Gateways and Applications, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

If User A on Exchange Server A has an alternate recipient specified on the Delivery Option tab to point to User B, who is a user on a foreign mail system (and the "deliver messages to both recipient and alternate recipient" option is selected), User B receives a duplicate message when a user on Exchange Server A sends a message to UserA and UserB.


        Exchange Server A
             |
    MS Mail Connector
             |
      Net / PO1
             |
      Net / PO2 
             |
        FFAPI
             |
        Foreign mail system

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it 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	Date	Time	Size
Gate_get.exe	3/2/98	1:23p	107,715 bytes
Gate_put.exe	3/2/98	4:07p	100,789 bytes

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit: FFAPI for Gateways and Applications version 3.0.

Additional query words:

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