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Q140262: XCLN: Err Msg:Error Prevented Processing of Received Mail

Article: Q140262
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Internet Mail from a Microsoft Exchange, version 4.0, Windows 95
client, the following error message may be displayed:

  An error prevented processing the message to completion. The original message
  is contained in the attached text file MESSAGE.TXT.

CAUSE
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This error message indicates that Internet Mail received a message or attachment
that was corrupt, or in a format Internet Mail could not understand and decode.
When this happens, Internet Mail saves the message as a separate file, called
MESSAGE.TXT.

RESOLUTION
==========

If you receive a message in a format that Internet Mail cannot decode, you
should contact the sender for the format used, and obtain a decoder for that
format. You can then use the decoder on the MESSAGE.TXT file, allowing you to
successfully read the message.


Additional query words: xchange inet mail

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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