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Q159179: XCON: Message Body Truncated

Article: Q159179
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-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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The text of a message body is truncated when displayed by any Microsoft Exchange
client. If the message is edited on the sending system to not include any null
characters, the message can then be submitted to the Microsoft Exchange message
transfer agent (MTA) and is displayed correctly.

CAUSE
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The existence of null characters in the X.400 text body of the message seems to
be in violation of X.400 standards. Null characters are not graphic characters
and are not part of the ISO 646 graphic character set. The first X.400 text body
part is handled as the PR_BODY, which is a null- terminate MAPI property. Any
null characters contained in this body part are treated as terminators and the
message body was truncated wherever the null characters occurred.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Exchange version 4.0. This
problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange 4.0 U.S. 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          :  
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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