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Q286358: Periods at the Beginning of a Line Are Removed

Article: Q286358
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCOMIS kbWin2000sp3fix
Last Modified: 15-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When messages that are generated with the Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects
for NTS (CDONTS) or Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects for Windows 2000
(CDOSYS) contain a period at the beginning of the line and are placed in the
SMTP Pickup directory for delivery, the leading period is removed. This may
distort the validity of the line.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For
additional information, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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

  Date      Time       Version        Size      File name     
  -------------------------------------------------------------
  5/31/2001  03:32p   5.0.2195.3651   434,448   Smtpsvc.dll
  5/31/2001  03:31p   5.0.2195.3649   320,272   Aqueue.dll
  5/31/2001  03:31p   5.0.2195.3649    44,816   Fcachdll.dll
  5/31/2001  03:31p   5.0.2195.3649    66,832   Mailmsg.dll
  5/31/2001  03:31p   5.0.2195.3649    38,160   Ntfsdrv.dll


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Information Services
5.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following metabase key has been added to disable the removal of periods at
the beginning of the line:

  DisablePickupDotStuff

By setting this key to a value of 1, periods will not be removed at the beginning
of the line. If you set this key to a value of 0 (default), the leading period
will be removed from the beginning of a line.

To set this key, use the Smtpmd.exe utility as follows:

  smtpmd set smtpsvc/1/DisablePickupDotStuff <1>

  -or-

  smtpmd set smtpsvc/1/DisablePickupDotStuff <0>



Additional query words: kbIISCom

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Keywords          : kbCOMIS kbWin2000sp3fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500
Version           : :5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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