Microsoft KB Archive/164856

= XCON: MTA Fails to Pick Up DN of Servers with Similar Site Names =

Article ID: 164856

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

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This article was previously published under Q164856



SYMPTOMS
When you calculate the routing on a server, the Distinguished Name (DN) for servers in other sites may be missing.



CAUSE
The site names are very similar. For example, suppose you set up three servers in a manner similar to the following:

Server1: organization name to Microsoft, site name to test40

Server2: organization name to Microsoft, site name to test40F

Server3: organization name to Microsoft, site name to test40G

Connect Server 1 to Server 2 by means of the site connector, and replicate the directory. Connect Server 2 to Server 3 by means of the IMC connector, and replicate the directory.

If you calculate the routing on Server 1, you will notice that the DN is missing for Server 3. The downstream sites are compared to the local site and there is a match, so the downstream sites are discarded.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server versions 4.0 and 5.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 and 5.0 U.S. Service Packs. 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

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