Microsoft KB Archive/146567

= XFOR: Messages with Long Addresses Are Not Delivered =

Article ID: 146567

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q146567



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Connector (IMC) will not deliver messages with a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) longer than 255 characters. Outbound messages with a FQDN greater than 255 characters will stay queued in the MTS-OUT queue.



MORE INFORMATION
In addition, messages inbound to the IMC with a FQDN in excess of 255 characters will not be delivered either.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 U.S. Service Pack 2. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords: KB146567

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