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Q130382: X400: Err Msg: Outgoing Mail Remains in Queue

Article: Q130382
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.0,3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, versions 3.0, 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 does not successfully extract outbound mail from
.MAI files.

CAUSE
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When the gateway extracts a message bound for X.400, it does not check to see
that the end of any FIPS field is in the internal FIPS buffer; it only checks
the beginning. As a result, if a FIPS field starts within the buffer but ends
outside of it (and therefore is still on disk), the code decodes to the end of
the buffer and then attempts to decode whatever is in memory following the
buffer.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 3.0 and 3.2 of
Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400. This problem is corrected in X400GATE.EXE
version 3.2.15. If you do not have version 3.2.15 (or later), you can download
X400GA.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 X400GA.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 X400GA.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 X400GA.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 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailGatex400300 kbMailGatex400320
Version           : MS-DOS:3.0,3.2

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