Microsoft KB Archive/281217

= XADM: SMTP Proxies Created with Trailing Periods (.) =

Article ID: 281217

Article Last Modified on 2/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q281217





SYMPTOMS
When an SMTP Site Addressing configuration of %g.%s.%m@... is copied into a recipient policy in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, the generated SMTP addresses may contain a trailing period (.), causing them to be invalid.



CAUSE
Some recipients may not contain all three fields (that is, Givenname, Surname, and Middle Initial), so when the SMTP address is created using the rule specified in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section, additional periods (.) may be created. In some cases these periods are removed by the proxy generator, however, others are not. For example, users without a Surname or Middle Initial, or System mailboxes such as the system attendant will have a trailing period.



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

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

Component: SMTP



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 1.



MORE INFORMATION
With the invalid SMTP addresses associated to these mailboxes, mail may not delivered correctly, which can cause additional complications with replication or other system functions.

Additional query words: SMTP E2K proxy address recipient

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB281217

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