Microsoft KB Archive/316436

= OL2000: You Receive a &quot;Host not found&quot; Error When You Open a URL Link in an RTF or Plain Text Message =

Article ID: 316436

Article Last Modified on 9/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q316436



SYMPTOMS
When you try to open a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link in a message that is in Rich Text Format (RTF) or plain text format, you receive a &quot;Host not found&quot; error.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because there is not an extension at the end of the URL, as in the following example:

http://ServerName



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

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

After the hotfix is installed, the English version of this fix will have 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     Size       File name ---  18-Jan-2002  15:21    2,641,920  Outlook.msp 18-Jan-2002 15:27    7,719,424  Outlook_admin.msp 06-Jul-2001 09:11        2,882  Readme.txt After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date         Time   Version      Size         File name 14-Jun-2000 10:11  1.0.3.27        41,472    Bjablr32.dll 14-Jun-2000 10:12  3.2.0.27        61,952    Bjlog32.dll 08-Jan-2001 14:37  1.0.3.28        98,304    Bjsrch32.dll 19-Jun-2000 11:49  5.5.2652.65    716,560    Cdo.dll 19-Jun-2000 11:12  5.5.2652.65    808,720    Cdo.dll_0004 01-Dec-2001 19:00  9.0.0.5930     127,027    Contab32.dll_0002 14-Jun-2000 10:14  1.0.3.27       183,808    Emablt32.dll 31-Aug-2000 12:43  5.5.3142.0     154,112    Emsabp32.dll_0005 05-Oct-2001 03:33  5.5.3165.0     594,192    Emsmdb32.dll_0005 01-Jun-2001 18:15  5.5.3159.0     131,344    Emsui32.dll_0005 02-Jun-2000 03:45  9.0.0.4201      86,067    Envelope.dll 18-Dec-2001 16:19  5.5.3167.0     540,944    Exsec32.dll_0005 05-Apr-2000 12:02  9.0.0.4005     192,561    Mimedir.dll 21-May-2001 11:20  5.5.3157.0     792,576    Msmapi32.dll_0001 21-May-2001 11:16  5.5.3157.0     623,104    Msmapi32.dll_0002 07-Jul-2000 20:07  5.5.3138.0     602,384    Mspst32.dll_0004 07-Jul-2000 20:03  5.5.3138.0     528,656    Mspst32.dll_0005 31-Jan-2000 18:26  9.0.0.3731     196,661    Oladd.fae 23-May-2000 08:20                 150,690    Olexchng.aw   30-May-2000  11:53                  26,643    Olsec9.chm 22-May-2000 16:35                 170,617    Olxchng9.chm 08-Feb-2001 10:17  5.5.3153.0     454,144    Omi9.dll_0001 08-Feb-2001 10:21  5.5.3153.0     548,352    Omint.dll_0001 06-Jun-2001 10:05                 129,024    Out2ksec.mst 13-Nov-2001 04:45  8.30.3165.0    782,608    Outex.dll 23-May-2000 16:19                 554,068    Outlhlp.aw_0001 18-Jan-2002 02:32  9.0.0.6117   5,328,946    Outllib.dll 31-Aug-2001 17:02  9.0.0.5630   1,675,315    Outllibr.dll 13-Jul-2001 02:48  9.0.5512.0     368,691    Pstprx32.dll_0002 21-Jun-2001 15:01  9.0.0.5421      73,772    Rm.dll 02-Jun-2000 04:30  9.0.0.4201      65,586    Sendto9.dll



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

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

Additional query words: url xcln rtf text message

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kboffice2000sp3fix kboffice2000presp3fix kbhotfixserver KB316436

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