Microsoft KB Archive/216550

= XFOR: Meetings Cannot Be Used Between French Exchange Server and French PROFS Host =

Article ID: 216550

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 Q216550





SYMPTOMS
With an Exchange Server 5.5 computer plus the WEB2 release, a meeting request sent from PROFS to Exchange Server is not transmitted using the correct IPM, and is received as a "normal" message (IPM.NOTE).

On the other hand, a request sent from Exchange Server to PROFS can be received in English using the following workaround: in the [LME-PROFS] section of the Exchconn.ini file in Exchsrvr\Connect\Exchconn directory, set language=1033.

The dates are always transmitted in U.S. format.



CAUSE
When sending an OV/VM meeting from the host to a non-English locale, Exchange Server is sent as normal mail because the connector picks up the localized strings to compare for the JP/GR/FR equivalent, but the host is sending the literals in English. Since the connector cannot find the keywords from the incoming meeting invitations, it turns the invitations to an ordinary message.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

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

Component: Exchange PROFS Connector



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
To customize the way dates are sent and received, three new parameters have been added to the Exchconn.ini file under the [LME-PROFS] section:


 * CalendarDateFormat = U | I | E, default is U
 * CalendarTimeFormat = 12 | 24, default is 12
 * CalendarDateSeparator = / | - | ? |, default is /

This solution assumes all OV/VM nodes that the connector is talking to are using the same set of configurations.

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