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Q192932: XFOR: PROFS Does Not Retain File Extension of Attachment

Article: Q192932
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 3.2,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55sp2fix
Last Modified: 20-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- LinkAge Message Exchange, version 3.2 
- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When a file is sent from CMS (PROFS) to Exchange, the file is converted and
delivered as an attachment, and the file's extension is changed.

CAUSE
=====

Attachment names designated in the appropriate TBL file will have the extension
replaced with TXT when converting to ASCII.

RESOLUTION
==========

LinkAge Message Exchange 3.2
----------------------------

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but
has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems
experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this
specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next service pack
that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services
to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services
phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following
address on the World Wide Web:

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

  File Name    Date
  --------------------
  Lsvmhc.dll   4/30/98


Exchange Server 5.5
-------------------

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server
version 5.5. For more information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack


The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

  Component: Exchange PROFS Connector

  File Name    Version
  -----------------------
  Lsvmhc.dll   5.5.2319.0

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in LinkAge Message Exchange version
3.2 and Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected
in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2.


MORE INFORMATION
================

Events in the LinkAge browser log:

  1998/04/15 11:41:18- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 23703:NJE client starts
  receiving
   >> njeclnt(3002)
  1998/04/15 11:41:18- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 23709:Host session
  allocated
   >> rscsclnt(541)
  1998/04/15 11:41:19- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 23711:JOB HEADER record
  received - host job number 5455
   >> rscsclnt(566)
  1998/04/15 11:41:19- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40510:Received an OV/VM
  distribution
   >> vm2dia(1300)
  1998/04/15 11:41:19- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44401:Start transforming
  an OV/VM distribution to SNA/DIA format
   >> vm2dia(1354)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 23713:DATA SET HEADER
  record received
   >> rscsclnt(824)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 23919:No more data set
  header received
   >> rscsclnt(801)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40518:Starting to parse
  the OV/VM distribution
   >> vm2dia(1529)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40941:Found NETDATA INMR01
  record
   >> netdata(643)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40941:Found NETDATA INMR02
  record
   >> netdata(643)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40941:Found NETDATA INMR03
  record
   >> netdata(643)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40920:Created temporary
  file 'C:\exchsrvr\CONNECT\Exchconn\TEMP\c8a340db.tmp' for storing data
  records
   >> netdata(691)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40941:Found NETDATA data
  record
   >> netdata(648)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40941:Found NETDATA INMR06
  record
   >> netdata(643)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40578:Finished parsing the
  OV/VM distribution
   >> vm2dia(1535)
  1998/04/15 11:41:20- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44794:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution correlation
   >> ndt2dia(1622)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44776:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution sender: 'SERVERNAME'
   >> ndt2dia(877)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44700:Adding USER1 to the
  list of recipients
   >> ndt2dia(696)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44774:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution recipients
   >> ndt2dia(715)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44772:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution sent timestamp: '1998 4 15 11:41:54'
   >> ndt2dia(636)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44770:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution subject: 'NO SUBJECT'
   >> ndt2dia(558)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44792:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution attachment file name: 'TEST LOG A'
   >> ndt2dia(1561)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44790:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution last change timestamp: '1998 4 13 17:13:55'
   >> ndt2dia(1410)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 3 44701:Received TEST LOG A
  19980413211355000000 from SERVERNAME
   >> ndt2dia(298)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44796:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution attributes
   >> ndt2dia(1702)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44768:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution document type: '0xff07'
   >> ndt2dia(1784)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44784:Mapped VM/CMS
  distribution host file attributes
   >> ndt2dia(1152)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 50084:Mapped distribution
  object file name: 'q\objects\c8a340e6.ATT'
   >> dcobject(114)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44002:Transformed a
  NETDATA distribution
   >> netdata(2786)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 04107:Queue vm2mex.in has
  been opened (physical location is q\vm2mex.in)
   >> qm(1884)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 04110:New queue item
  q\vm2mex.in\xx000001.new has been created in queue vm2mex.in
   >> qm(2564)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 04118:New queue item
  q\vm2mex.in\50000001.rdy has been committed in queue vm2mex.in
   >> qm(3075)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 04108:Queue vm2mex.in has
  been closed
   >> qm(2003)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 23919:No more data set
  header received
   >> rscsclnt(801)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40511:Finished with OV/VM
  distribution
   >> vm2dia(1575)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40618:Deleted OV/VM
  distribution
   >> vm2dia(1601)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-DIAMEX(01bb) 4 04113:Queue item
  q\vm2mex.in\50000001.rdy has been opened in queue vm2mex.in
   >> qm(3480)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 23705:NJE client finishes
  receiving
   >> njeclnt(3186)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 23714:Host session
  deallocated
   >> rscsclnt(672)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 44402:Finish transforming
  an OV/VM distribution to SNA/DIA format
   >> vm2dia(1632)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-VMDIA(01fa) 4 40628:Waiting for an OV/VM
  distribution
   >> vm2dia(1290)
  1998/04/15 11:41:21- LME-PROFS-DIAMEX(01bb) 4 00020:Warning {Not found}
  - Could not obtain the value of the ADHOCID keyword in the
  LME-PROFS-DIAMEX section.  Using the default value 'ADHOC'
   >> dia2mex(1697)
  1998/04/15 11:41:25- LME-PROFS-DIAMEX(01bb) 3 31500:Sender: SERVERNAME,
  Size: 1162, Message ID: c=US;a=
  ;p=ORG;l=2FDB85F726CFD1118C7200C04FB67969 1998/04/15 11:41:21
  PROFS:CIMPDEMO
   >> mexe(3274)
  1998/04/15 11:41:28- LME-PROFS-DIAMEX(01bb) 4 56150:Created and saved a
  correlation table entry with key '2FDB85F726CFD1118C7200C04FB67969'
   >> dia2mex(3450)
  1998/04/15 11:41:28- LME-PROFS-DIAMEX(01bb) 4 04114:Queue item
  q\vm2mex.in\50000001.rdy has been dequeued from queue vm2mex.in
   >> qm(3731)
  1998/04/15 11:41:30- LME-PROFS-MEXIN(0231) 3 31500:Sender: SERVERNAME,
  Size: 1162, Message ID: c=US;a=
  ;p=ORG;l=2FDB85F726CFD1118C7200C04FB67969 1998/04/15 11:41:21 Microsoft
  Exchange
   >> mexe(3274)


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : exc55sp2fix 
Technology        : kbZNotKeyword6 kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2 kbLinkAgeSearch kbLinkAge320
Version           : :3.2,5.5
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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