Microsoft KB Archive/298175

= Cannot Use a Comma When Searching the Global Address List or Personal Contacts =

Article ID: 298175

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mobile Information Server 2001 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q298175



SYMPTOMS
If you are using Outlook Mobile Access for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and you search the Global Address List (GAL) or the Personal Contacts folder, no results are returned. However, when you search for the same contact in the desktop version of Microsoft Outlook, you can find the contact.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the search string that you used to perform the search contains a comma. For example:

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WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, when you perform a search in the GAL or in Personal Contacts, use the following strings only:



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
This problem does not occur if you are using Outlook Mobile Access for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.

Additional query words: oma55

Keywords: kbbug KB298175

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