Microsoft KB Archive/221432

= XFOR: Pickup Folder Mishandles Read-Only File Permissions =

Article ID: 221432

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Commercial Internet System 2.0
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q221432





SYMPTOMS
When you generate SMTP mail by creating files, some files are not removed. This happens when you create files in Request for Comments (RFC) 822 format in the Pickup subfolder of the Mailroot folder of the Internet Information Server (IIS) SMTP service (SMTPSVC). Subsequent restarts of the SMTPSVC causes the file to be reprocessed, but the file still is not removed.



CAUSE
These unremoved files that were copied into the Pickup folder have the Read-Only attribute set. There is no explicit checking to ascertain whether the files processed have the Read-Only attribute set or not. Note that this problem does not occur with the Pickup subfolder of the Imcdata folder when you are using the Exchange Server 5.5 Internet Mail Service.



WORKAROUND
When you copy files into the Pickup folder, ensure that the Read-Only attribute is not set.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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