XFOR: Pickup Folder Mishandles Read-Only File Permissions

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 2.0
• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

When you generate SMTP mail by creating files, some files are not removed. This happens when you create files in Request for Comments (RFC) 822 format in the Pickup subfolder of the Mailroot folder of the Internet Information Server (IIS) SMTP service (SMTPSVC). Subsequent restarts of the SMTPSVC causes the file to be reprocessed, but the file still is not removed.

CAUSE

These unremoved files that were copied into the Pickup folder have the Read-Only attribute set. There is no explicit checking to ascertain whether the files processed have the Read-Only attribute set or not. Note that this problem does not occur with the Pickup subfolder of the Imcdata folder when you are using the Exchange Server 5.5 Internet Mail Service.

WORKAROUND

When you copy files into the Pickup folder, ensure that the Read-Only attribute is not set.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : MCIS_MSG exc55
Version : winnt:2.0,4.0,5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug