Microsoft KB Archive/309220

= XCCC: When You Use a Slash (/) with Outlook Advanced Find Feature, You Receive Additional Items =

Article ID: 309220

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q309220



SYMPTOMS
When you search a database for documents that contain specific text separated by a slash (/), the Advanced Find feature may return additional documents that do not contain the exact phrase. For example, if you enter the phrase &quot;word1/word2&quot; (including the quotation marks), the Advanced Find search for this exact phrase returns the following results:

Document#1 &quot;word1/word2&quot; Document#2 &quot;word1&quot; Document#3 &quot;word2&quot;



CAUSE
The slash does not work as a word separator.



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

301378 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack



WORKAROUND
Use a hyphen (-) to separate words when you use Advanced Find.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbbug kbexchange2000sp2fix kbnofix KB309220

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