Microsoft KB Archive/841091

= Characters that are not supported for object names in Exchange =

Article ID: 841091

Article Last Modified on 10/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes characters that you cannot use in object names in Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003.

You may have to create names for components or objects in Exchange, import objects, or connect to objects. This article contains a list of characters that these object names might contain but that are not supported in Exchange. If you try to connect to objects or work with objects, and the names of those objects contain characters that are not supported, you may receive error messages or unexpected results.



Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
The following table lists characters that Exchange Server 5.5 does not support in component names or object names.

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
The following table lists characters that Exchange 2000 Server does not support in component or object names.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
