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Q146143: XCON: DeferredDeliveryTime Echoed Within DeliveryReportEnvelope

Article: Q146143
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 18-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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On constructing a delivery report (DR) for a message that originally contained
the DeferredDeliveryTime field, Microsoft Exchange Server does not conform to
the CCITT' s 1984 X series of recommendations. This only applies to connections
using a 1984 X.400 Connector.

CAUSE
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Microsoft Exchange Server echoes the DeferredDeliveryTime value of the original
message within the DR' s DeliveryReportEnvelope.

WORKAROUND
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If the foreign messaging system allows it, configure it in a way that it does
not need to use the DeferredDeliveryTime within the X.400 P1 (Message Transfer
Protocol) fields.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for
Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service
Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the
spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version
5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for
Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. For information on obtaining the Service
Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the
spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

MORE INFORMATION
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To achieve deferred delivery within an X.400 Message Handling System (MHS), the
P1 field DeferredDeliveryTime as part of the UMPDUEnvelope (UMPDU: User Message
Protocol Data Unit) can be used. On generating a DR to a message having this
field included, this field might be included within the DR's
DeliveryReportContent in the Intermediate TraceInformation field. The DR's
envelope itself carries trace information about its own MPDU (MPDU: Message
Protocol Data Unit) within the DR' s DeliveryReportEnvelope. The field used to
carry this information is the TraceInformation field. Within the
TraceInformation field's DomainSuppliedInfo exists an optional field:

  deferred

This field has been used by Microsoft Exchange to echo the original message's
DeferredDeliveryTime.

Recommendation X.411, cite 3.4.3.1, p. 161, states:

  The TraceInformation records information about the passage of this MPDU (not
  the subject UMPDU) through the MTL [Message Transfer Layer](see cite
  3.4.1.5).

The subject UMPDU in this recommendation refers to the original message.



Additional query words: Conformance Interoperability Delivery Report

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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