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Q196772: XADM: LDAP Clients Receive Extended Characters Instead of IA5

Article: Q196772
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55 EXC55SP3Fix
Last Modified: 30-SEP-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
========

If Netscape Communicator version 4.5 is performing a Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP) search request against an Exchange Server computer for a
directory entry containing extended characters, these characters are not
displayed correctly.

CAUSE
=====

Netscape Communicator 4.5 is a LDAP version 2 client and so expects to receive
IA5 characters only.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server
version 5.5. For additional 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: Directory

+--------------------------+
| File name   | Version    | 
+--------------------------+
| Dsamain.exe | 5.5.2511.0 | 
+--------------------------+


This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Psp2diri.exe
(x86) and Psp2dira.exe (Alpha):

  ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/exchange/exchange-public/fixes/eng/Exchg5.5/PostSP2/DIR-fix/


STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service
Pack 3.

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

Outlook Express 4.0 has no such problem because it is an LDAP version 3 client
and so supports receiving UTF-8 characters.
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Keywords          : exc55 EXC55SP3Fix 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:5.5
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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