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Q146275: XCLN: Unable to Save Changes to Attachment in Private Msg.

Article: Q146275
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 16-MAR-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Windows 95/98 client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you receive a Private (read-only) mail message with attachments, you can
view and modify the attachments; however, you can not save the changes to the
original message.

When you close the Private message, and you made changes to the attachment, you
will get the following message:

If you make modifications to attachments in a read-only message until he closes
the note and gets the message:

  This message has been modified but this message is read-only.
  Do you want to discard changes?

RESOLUTION
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If you wish to save the attachment, you must save it under a different name.


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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange400 kbExchangeClientSearch kbZNotKeyword kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbExchange400NT kbExchange500NT kbExchange400Win95 kbExchange500Win95
Version           : 4.0 5.0

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