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Q194711: X400: Characters with Diacritical Marks Aren’t Encoded Properly

Article: Q194711
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 20-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, version 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you send a message that contains characters with diacritical marks through
the Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, the characters with diacritical marks are
not encoded properly.

RESOLUTION
==========

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.

To resolve this problem, 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      Version
  ----------------------
  X400gate.exe   3.2.1

This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as X400gy2k.exe:

  ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/mail/gateways-public/All-Y2K/


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400
version 3.2.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following diacritical marks are the most common:

- Acute accent

- Breve

- Caret

- Caron or hacek

- Cedilla

- Circumflex

- Diaeresis or dieresis

- Digraph or ligature

- Edh or eth

- Grave accent

- Hungarian umlaut

- Macron

- Ogonek or Polish cedilla

- Ring or volle

- Tilde

- Umlaut

For additional information about diacritical marks, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q98999 Diacritical Marks Described and Explained

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailGatex400320
Version           : MS-DOS:3.2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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