Microsoft KB Archive/231799

= XCON: MIME Messages Sent Using Outlook Express Receive an NDR =

Article ID: 231799

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q231799





SYMPTOMS
An originator who sends a MIME message with Outlook Express through an administrative management domain (ADMD) to an Exchange Server 5.5 SP1 computer receives a non-delivery report (NDR). The following events are also logged in the application event log:

Event ID: 290

Type: Warning

Description: NDR generated, reason code unable-to-transfer and diagnostic code content-syntax-error.

Event ID: 62

Type: Warning

Description: A delivery failure occurred to the message...

Event ID: 210

Type: Warning

Description: Content conversion from 56010A01 (P2-88) to 2A864886F7140501 (MDBEF).



CAUSE
This behavior is due to problems in the way that Exchange Server handles general text body parts.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Component: Message Transfer Agent (MTA)



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB231799

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