Microsoft KB Archive/193381

= XFOR: Chat Portals No Longer Connect after Installing SP1 =

Article ID: 193381

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q193381



SUMMARY
After installing the Chat Server Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 5.5, portals linking previous versions of the chat server no longer work.

Microsoft Exchange Chat Service version 5.5 Service Pack 1 does not support mixed-version chat networks. You cannot connect a server running this version with servers running earlier versions of the Chat Service product (Internet Chat Server 1.0 or Microsoft Exchange Chat Service version 5.5).

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 and Microsoft Exchange Chat Service version 5.5 Service Pack 1 must be installed on each server.



MORE INFORMATION
Two or more chat server computers may be connected into a network through the configuration of portals. A portal represents the connection between two chat servers on a network. Each portal consists of a name, an IP address, a port number, and a unique server ID number, which identifies the chat server at the other end of the portal.

One important thing to note is that the Microsoft Exchange Chat server is not able to communicate with other non-Microsoft Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chat servers. Each IRC chat network implements the IRC protocol differently.

Additional query words: chatsrv portal sp1

Keywords: kbinfo KB193381

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