Microsoft KB Archive/287888

= XADM: Corrupted Message-ID Text =

Article ID: 287888

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q287888



SYMPTOMS
When you check the Internet headers on a message that originates from an Exchange Server computer, you may notice that the originating server name in the Message-ID section is corrupted. For example, the following text is displayed in the Message-ID section:

Message-ID: 

However, you expect the following text to be displayed:

Message-ID:  .



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, reinstall the TCP/IP stack on the originating Exchange Server computer, and then reapply the current Microsoft Windows NT service pack.



MORE INFORMATION
This issue has been reported to cause blank e-mail messages when they are received on an Exchange 2000 Server computer. In this case, even though the messages are blank, the From address is still displayed. The specific cause of this issue is not known at this time. This issue may be caused by the Exchange 2000 SMTP gateway or by virus scanning software that strips the message body from message, and causes the corrupted text to be displayed in the Message-ID section.

This issue has not been reported in Hotmail messages.

Keywords: exc4 exc5 exc55 kbprb KB287888

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