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Q119645: PC Win: SMTP Address Generates a Non-Delivery Report

Article: Q119645
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 20-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, version 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the Windows client receives a message from the SMTP gateway that contains a
comma in the comment field of the address in the To: or Cc: field, the address
is delimited by the comma and a Non-Delivery report is generated. No mail is
misdirected or lost.

CAUSE
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The Windows client incorrectly uses the comma to delimit the address on the To:
or Cc: field. For example

  To:<Administrator (comment,comment)>

becomes two addresses resulting in

  To: Admin; Comment)>;

The portion of the address following the comma is treated as a bad address and a
Non-Delivery report is generated.

RESOLUTION
==========

The sender should edit the address in the To: or Cc: field and exclude commas in
addresses.

The address appears correctly in the MS-DOS client until the Mail for Windows
client accesses the message. To read the message, use the MS-DOS client.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail
for PC Networks. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail320
Version           : WINDOWS:3.2

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