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Q156726: XFOR: DXA does not Import X.121 Addresses Correctly

Article: Q156726
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop
Last Modified: 05-APR-1999

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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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Microsoft Exchange Directory Synchronization (DXA) will not allow X.400
addresses to be imported if part of the address contains X121=. Note that X121
does not have a period between the X and the 1.

The errors seen in the event log are as follows:

  Source: X400Proxy
  Type: Warning
  Description:
  X400 address failure. An illegal type name was specified at character position
  21 of X400:x121=1234567890;a=admd;p=prmd;c=gb;'

  Source: MSExchangeDX
  Type: Error
  Description:
  The email address of the following transaction is not a valid format. See
  previous events logged by Microsoft Exchange System Attendant component for
  details. The transaction is a X121 test without a dot
  X400:c=gb;a=admd;p=prmd;x121=1234567890;

CAUSE
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The X400 gateway will only support X.121 address using the syntax of X121= with
no period between the X and the 1. When you attempt to DirSync such addresses to
Microsoft Exchange, they will fail because Microsoft Exchange requires the
period. This conforms to X400 standards.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 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:

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Keywords          : kbinterop 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:4.0

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