Q107355: PC Win: Custom Message Class Not Maintained Through Gateway

Article: Q107355
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 31-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you read a custom message that was sent via a gateway in version 3.0, 3.0b,
or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows, the custom message class may not be
preserved and the message will display in standard note form. This problem can
occur when a message of a custom message class is sent through a
nonencapsulating gateway.

CAUSE
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Custom message classes that are defined without a text map are not preserved
when they are sent through nonencapsulating gateways. The message will arrive
with the custom message type incorrectly reset to:

  IPM.Microsoft Mail.Note

This problem can occur when mail is sent in one of the following scenarios:

1. A custom message type is sent from a user running on one type of mail system
  through a nonencapsulating gateway to a user on a different type of mail
  system (for example, Mail for PC Networks to MCI Mail).

2. A custom message type is sent from a user on a specific mail system to a user
  on the same kind of mail system through a foreign mail system whose gateways
  do not support encapsulation (for example, Mail for PC Networks through MCI
  Mail to Mail for PC Networks).

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of
Microsoft Mail for Windows. This problem was corrected in MSSFS.DLL, version
3.2.0.4079. If you do not have version 3.2.0.4079 (or later), you can download
MSSFS.EXE, a self-extracting file, on the following services:

- Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet

  On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
  Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
  Enter kbfile MSSFS.EXE, and click GO!
  Open the article, and click the button to download the file.

- Internet (anonymous FTP)

  ftp ftp.microsoft.com
  Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
  Get MSSFS.EXE

- The Microsoft Network

  On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location.
  Type "mssupport" (without the quotation marks).
  Double-click the MS Software Library icon.
  Find the appropriate product area.
  Locate and Download MSSFS.EXE.


For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail300 kbMail320 kbMail300b
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2

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