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Q156719: XCLN: Mac Client Doesn’t Handle MacBinary Type I Attachments

Article: Q156719
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 13-JAN-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Macintosh client, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are running a Microsoft Exchange Macintosh client and receive a message
with attachments that are in MacBinary I format, the following error will be
displayed when you open the message:

  /!\ Can't get the time stamp of MacintoshHD:System Folder:
  Exchange Temporary Items:Attachment Name.
  Microsoft Exchange will assume it is dirty. <OK>

It will be followed by:

  /!\The application associated with this attachment could not be started.
  Attachment Name (System Error = -43) <OK>

and then when you close the message:

  [Attachment Name] - has actual attachment name
  /!\The temporary file has disappeared. Changes could not be saved.
  <OK>

CAUSE
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Currently, the Microsoft Exchange Macintosh client does not support attachments
in MacBinary I format

WORKAROUND
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Originators should send you messages using any encoding other than MacBinary I.

Note: The Macintosh Client does support the MacBinary II format.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Exchange clients,
version 4.0, listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected
in Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 U.S. Service Pack 4. For information on
obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  " SERVPACK" (without the quotation marks)

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbExchangeSearch kbExchangeClientSearch kbExchange400Mac
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0

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