Web Subscription Notification Does Not Validate E-Mail Address

• Microsoft Office 2000 Server Extensions
• Microsoft Office 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you configure a Web Subscription notification that is sent to an invalid e-mail address or to an e-mail address that is external to your intranet, the following message occurs:

You have successfully subscribed to event

CAUSE

The Document Subscription dialog box does not validate the e-mail address that you type into the Address box in the e-mail options.

RESOLUTION

Method 1

Configure your e-mail service so that no e-mail can be sent outside of your company.

Method 2

The Office Server Extensions (OSE) Web administrator can check for inappropriate or invalid e-mail addresses. To do this, use the following steps:

1. Start the Microsoft Office Server Extensions Administration Home Page by typing in the following URL:
   

   http:\\your_servername\msoffice\msoadmin
   

   Where your_servername is the name of the OSE server.



2. Click Manage Web Subscriptions.



3. Review the e-mail addresses in the subscription list box.



4. Select any Web Subscriptions with inappropriate e-mail addresses and click Delete.

MORE INFORMATION

The notification e-mail contains the following information:

• The name of the Web server where the document is stored.



• The name of the document.



• The event that occurred on the document to send the notification e-mail.



• What time the event occurred.



• The user name of the person who created the event.



• The domain of the above user.



• The e-mail address of the OSE (Office Server Extended) Web server administrator.

Additional query words: OFF2000 OSEServer

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb