Q108054: SMTP: Err Msg: Error <Address> Is an Invalid Courier Mailbox

Article: Q108054
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 25-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP, version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP generates non-delivery notices,
and reports the following error message:

  ERROR <address> is an invalid Courier Mailbox
  ERROR Translating message to Microsoft Mail: out of memory
  552 Error in local delivery

CAUSE
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The gateway received an invalid Microsoft Mail mailbox in the RFC 822 header
information.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be problem in version 3.0 of Microsoft Mail
Gateway to SMTP. This problem was corrected in version 3.0.8 of SMTPGATE.EXE. If
you do not have version 3.0.8 (or later), you can obtain the latest version from
the Microsoft Download Center. Download SMTPGW.EXE (S14223), a self-extracting
file, from any of 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 SMTPGW.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 SMTPGW.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 SMTPGW.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


MORE INFORMATION
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Even if the recipient (RCPT) specified in the RFC 821 part of the message is
accurate, the gateway still fails the message if it cannot match the RFC 822 To:
fields to a Microsoft Mail user.

Additional query words: 3.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailGateSMTP300
Version           : MS-DOS:3.0

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