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Q159291: XADM: Single Forward Slash Treated as Delimiter in DDA Value

Article: Q159291
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 10-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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After you create an X.400 personal address book (PAB) or one-off entry with the
following format using the Microsoft Exchange client

 /c=us/admd=attmail/dda.type=id/dda.value=fax(b)1234561111(/User One)

when you send a message to this address, the message is returned to you. The
non-delivery report (NDR) is similar to the following:

  From: System Administrator
  Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 1996 12:16 PM
  Subject: Undeliverable: test using migrated PAB address

  Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

  Subject:test using migrated PAB address
  Sent:11/5/96 12:16:08 PM

  The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

  'X.400' on 11/5/96 12:16:12 PM
  The message was undelivered because the specified recipient postal address was
  incorrect
  MSEXCH:MSExchangeIS:SITE:SERVER

CAUSE
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The Microsoft Exchange Information Store, during its preliminary check of the
address, regards the single forward slash mark (/) as a delimiter and rejects it
as invalid, causing the non-delivery report.


RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem:

- Include a second slash mark (//) in any X.400 personal address book entries
  created using the Microsoft Exchange client that require a forward slash mark
  in the DDA value.


Additional query words:

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

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