Microsoft KB Archive/156703

= XADM: Space Character not Supported for SMTP Custom Recipients =

Article ID: 156703

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q156703



SYMPTOMS
When you try to create an SMTP custom recipient with the following format:

  "Full Name"@Domain

the space is stripped and the address is created as:

  FullName@Domain.



MORE INFORMATION
RFC 822 specifies that a space in an SMTP address is valid and must be entered inside quotes as shown above.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: space smtp proxy

Keywords: kbusage KB156703

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