Q130436: MHS: Blank Subject Line

Article: Q130436
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 20-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS, version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS displays a /u (with an umlaut) and a blank subject
line on an incoming MHS message.

CAUSE
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This problem is caused by the Notification-Correlator field. It is not in the
SMF-70 specification governing MHS, and the gateway is not designed to handle
it.

RESOLUTION
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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/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

  File Name     Version
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  Outpost.exe   3.0.8

This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Mhsgy2k.exe:

  ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/mail/gateways-public/All-Y2K/


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS
version 3.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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The gateway has been changed to ignore lines that do not contain a field header,
except for lines that are continuations of previous ones. The ignored
information will be passed through the gateway untouched, to the intended
Microsoft Mail recipient.

Additional query words: 3.00 dieresis diaraesis

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailGateMHS300
Version           : MS-DOS:3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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