Microsoft KB Archive/181632

= XCLN: Exchange Client for Macintosh Cannot Attach Macintosh Alias =

Article ID: 181632

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Outlook 8.0 Exchange Server Edition for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q181632





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Exchange Client or Outlook Client for Macintosh and attempt to insert a Mac alias into a message, the dialog jumps to the file associated with the alias. Rather than inserting the alias into the message, the file is inserted instead.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
From the Insert menu, click File. If you select an alias in the Browse window, one of the following will occur:


 * 1) If the alias points to a location such as a folder, hard disk, or file server, then the browser jumps to the location of the alias and does not attach it.
 * 2) If the alias points to a file or application, then the actual file or application that the alias points to is attached to the message.

Microsoft has determined this to be a function of the Macintosh software. The operating system will present the "Open" dialog box and resolve an alias to the filename, rather than leaving it as a link to the file.

Keywords: kbbug KB181632

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