Microsoft KB Archive/267859

= SMTP Pickup Places Invalid Addresses Into Badmail =

Article ID: 267859

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q267859



SYMPTOMS
SMTP pickup currently places e-mail with an invalid address mark into badmail. However, Hotmail needs them to be marked as non-delivery reports instead. The following list provides 2 examples of invalid e-mail addresses:
 * user name@.domain name.com
 * user name@domain name..com



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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

  Date      Time    Version        Size     File name -  06/30/00  7:57pm  5.0.2195.2098  378,640  Smtpsvc.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: NDR

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbenv kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB267859

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