Microsoft KB Archive/329690

= XADM: Exchange System Manager Does Not Recognize a New MIME Content-Type Extension =

Article ID: 329690

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q329690



SYMPTOMS
If you add a new MIME content type (such as application/pdf with the extension pdf) in Exchange System Manager, and you then use a Microsoft Outlook MAPI provider to send a plain text message that has an attached PDF file, the message that Outlook generates is a MIME message with Content-Type : application/octet-stream instead of the expected Content-Type : application/pdf.



Cumulative Patch Information
To resolve this problem, obtain the March 2003 Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 3 (SP3) Rollup. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

813840 XGEN: March 2003 Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 3 Rollup

Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends 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 fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone 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 typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Component: Exchange System Manager

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) 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.

  Date         Time   Version      Size    File name --  08/10/2002  21:57   6340.0  3 915 776    Cdoex.dll 08/10/2002 21:57   6340.0  3 567 616    Excdo.dll 08/10/2002 21:45   6340.0    258 048    Exmime.dll 08/10/2002 21:48   6340.0  1 691 648    Exoledb.dll 08/10/2002 20:45   6340.0     32 768    Mdbrole.dll 08/10/2002 21:45   6340.0  4 571 136    Store.exe Note Because of file dependencies, this update requires Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (SP3). For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301378 How to Obtain the Latest Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.

Additional query words: kbExchange2000preSP4marchbarFix

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbqfe kbbug kbexchange2000presp4fix kbfix KB329690

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