Microsoft KB Archive/164528

= XADM: Empty Notification-Requests Bitstring Causes Conversion Error and NDR =

Article ID: 164528

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q164528





SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Exchange Server message transfer agent (MTA) fails to handle a legal encoding of the P2 field notification-requests. The content conversion process from P2 to MDBEF fails and a non-delivery report (NDR) is generated.

The following event IDs may be seen:   message NMI0210: X.400 Service Event, severity 14

(MTA DISP:FANOUT(15) Proc 112) 10-30-96 02:04:35pm Content conversion failed Object at fault 06000046 Conversion error 26 MTS Identifier  C=AT;A=ADA;L=1905031430101996/A33827/ADA1 Old content type 56010A00 New content type 2A864886F7140501

message NMI0062: X.400 Service Event, severity 12

(MTA DISP:FANOUT(15) Proc 112) 10-30-96 02:04:35pm Delivery failure X.400 reason code    unable-to-transfer X.400 diagnostic code content-type-not-supported Internal qualifier   0 MTS Identifier C=AT;A=ADA;L=1905031430101996/A33827/ADA1

message NMI0290: X.400 Service Event, severity 12

(MTA DISP:RESULT(20) Proc 136) 10-30-96 02:04:36pm Generating Non-Delivery report Reason code       unable-to-transfer Diagnostic code   content-type-not-supported Recipient Number  1 Original recipient C=AT;A=ADA;P=282;S=POSTMASTER; Reassigned to     DN:/o=rac/ou=mbm- 1/cn=Recipients/cn=p§C=AT;A=ADA;P=282;S=POSTMASTER; Original MTS identifier C=AT;A=ADA;L=1905031430101996/A33827/ADA1



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0.

A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression- tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.



MORE INFORMATION
The MTA mishandles the element, as marked below in the following example of the P2 data:       A080     : 0ipdu : IPM 3180    : 0ihed : IPMessageHeading 6B80    : 0ipid : IPMIdentifier 1329    : 0urid : LocalIPMIdentifier ="1905031430101996/A33827/ADA1/11AAF3830100" 0000

A080    : 0orig : Originator 6080    : dornm : ORName 3080    : dsatt : StandardAttributeList 6180    : dctry : CountryName 1302    : dcacd : CountryNameISO3166Alpha2      ="AT" 0000

6280    : dadmd : AdministrationName 1303    : dadmp : AdminNamePrintable            ="ADA"

0000           8303     : dorgn : OrganisationName              ="RAC"

A580    : dpers : PersonalName 8008    : dsurn : SurName                       ="OPER_GEN"

0000          0000          0000         0000         A280     : 0prir : PrimaryRecipients 3180    : 0rcip : Primary Recipient A080    : 0ords : ORDescriptor 6080    : dornm : ORName 3080    : dsatt : StandardAttributeList 6180    : dctry : CountryName 1302    : dcacd : CountryNameISO3166Alpha2      ="AT" 0000

6280    : dadmd : AdministrationName 1303    : dadmp : AdminNamePrintable            ="ADA"

0000             A280     : dprmd : PrivateDomainName 1203    : dprmn : PrivateDomNameNumeric         ="0x323832"

0000             A580     : dpers : PersonalName 800A    : dsurn : SurName ="POSTMASTER"

0000            0000            0000           0000           8101     : 0repr : ReportRequest              <<<<<Bitstring - length 1 indicates zero bits in Bitstring 0000

0000        A880     : 0subj : Subject 1416    : Ctexs : TeletexString ="0x5834303020546573742075656265722054616E64656D"

0000        8C01     : 0impt : Importance                 Normal 8E01    : 0afwd : Autoforwarded              TRUE 0000

3080    : 0ibdy : IPMessageBody A080    : 0bdyp : BodyPart                        : 0ia5t : IA5Tex 3180    : 0ia5p : Ia5TextParam 8001    : 0rept : Repertoire                 ia          000

1614    : Cia5s : IA5String                     ="Das ist ein   Test

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0000       0000          0000

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