Microsoft KB Archive/907254

= Error message when you try to open certain e-mail messages from an Exchange 2000 Server mailbox: &quot;Message could not be opened&quot; =

Article ID: 907254

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to open certain e-mail messages from a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server mailbox, you receive the following error message:

Message could not be opened.

If you use Microsoft Outlook Web Access, or a different e-mail client program, to open those same e-mail messages, the e-mail messages open successfully.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the e-mail message contains malformed HTML code. Specifically, this problem occurs if one of the following conditions is true:
 * The HTML code contains unbalanced sets of quotation marks (&quot;&quot;).
 * The HTML code contains contiguous double quotation marks.

For example, this problem may occur if the e-mail message contains malformed HTML code that is similar to the following:  In this code example, contiguous double quotation marks incorrectly appear after the following part of the example code: 60% Additionally, because no closing double quotation mark appears after the following part of the example code, the quotation marks are not a balanced set: style=&quot;text-align:right;padding-right:10px; Therefore, Exchange 2000 Server tries to keep parsing the malformed HTML code. Because of this behavior, the Microsoft Outlook client program may be unable to open the e-mail message that contains this malformed HTML code.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
Because of file dependencies, you must have both of the following packages installed to apply this hotfix:  Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (SP3).

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301378 How to obtain the latest Exchange 2000 Server service pack

 The August 2004 Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 3 Update Rollup.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870540 Availability of the August 2004 Exchange 2000 Server post-Service Pack 3 update rollup



Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix. However, the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service and all the services that depend on the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service are automatically stopped and then restarted when you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.



STATUS


MORE INFORMATION
Exchange 2000 Server uses the following steps to parse the code example that appears in the &quot;Cause&quot; section:   An HTML e-mail message contains the following tag:  </li>  Exchange 2000 Server ignores the contiguous quotation mark when it first parses the HTML code. Therefore, Exchange 2000 Server treats the input HTML code as follows: <td width=&quot;60%&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; class=&quot;t1&quot; style=&quot;text-align:right;padding-right:10px; align=&quot;right&quot;> </li> This leaves the HTML code with an unbalanced set of quotation marks. In this situation, Exchange 2000 Server expects a closing double quotation mark to appear after the last angle bracket (>) in this code.</li>  Because this is an unbalanced quotation mark situation, Exchange 2000 Server tries to establish a balanced quotation mark state. Therefore, Exchange 2000 Server counts each quotation mark in the HTML code. Exchange 2000 Server treats the HTML code as follows: <td width=&quot;60%&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; class=&quot;t1&quot; style=&quot;text-align:right;padding-right:10px; align=&quot;right&quot;> </li></ol>

In this situation, Exchange 2000 Server detects 10 double quotation marks. Therefore, Exchange 2000 Server determines that the quotation marks in the HTML code are in a balanced state. Then, Exchange 2000 Server continues to try to parse the malformed HTML code.

Additional query words: XCLN

Keywords: kbqfe kbfix kbexchange2000presp4fix kbbug kbpubtypekc KB907254

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