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Q155817: XIMS: Chinese MIME-encoded Attachments Corrupted by IMC

Article: Q155817
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc4 exc55
Last Modified: 22-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 5.5, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you send or receive Simplified, or Traditional, Chinese messages that
contain attachments encoded using MIME, through the Microsoft Exchange Internet
Mail Connector, the Chinese characters will be corrupted.

CAUSE
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The IMC character set is US-ASCII and it should be either Big5 or GB2312.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in both the Simplified and the
Traditional Chinese versions of Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0. This problem was
corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Service Pack. 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


Additional query words: 4.00 DBCS CHT CHS IANA

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Keywords          : exc4 exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.5

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