Microsoft KB Archive/162351

= Uuencoded Attachments Are Numbered Sequentially in MS Exchange =

Article ID: 162351

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162351



SYMPTOMS
When you send messages as attachments using the Internet Mail information service in Microsoft Exchange (Windows Messaging), the messages are numbered as Msg0001.txt, Msg0002.txt, Msg0003.txt, and so on.

When you compose a new message, the numbering sequence does not start over, but instead continues with the next number.



CAUSE
When you send messages using Microsoft Exchange and you include multiple uuencoded attachments in a message, the counter is not reset and attachment numbers are incremented in all subsequent messages.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods:


 * Quit and restart Microsoft Exchange. This resets the attachment counter.
 * Send the attachments using MIME instead of Uuencode. MIME displays the attachments correctly.
 * Move the information from the attachments into the body of the message itself.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
The attachment count can be misleading when you receive a message with an attachment count not starting at one. This could lead you to believe you have not received all the attachments.

Additional query words: winnt

Keywords: kbprb KB162351

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