Microsoft KB Archive/197407

= PC Adm: Dirsync Events Not Scheduled Properly in Year 2000 =

Article ID: 197407

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q197407



SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks does not recognize the year 2000 as a leap year. If you attempt to use the Administrator program to schedule a directory synchronization (dirsync) event to occur on February 29, 2000, the event is not scheduled properly. This may cause unnecessary or undesired events to occur on February 29, 2000.



RESOLUTION
A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   File Name   Date       Size Admin.exe  12-08-98   535,869 bytes This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Admy2k.exe:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/mail/pcmail-public/All-Y2K/



WORKAROUND
If you scheduled dirsync events to occur on February 29, 2000, before applying the fix, follow these steps to work around the problem:
 * 1) Delete or rename the Process.glb file.
 * 2) Install a new postoffice on another computer, and then copy the Process.glb file from the new postoffice to the original postoffice.
 * 3) Use the Administrator program to schedule the events again.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail for PC Networks version 3.5.



MORE INFORMATION
If you configure a directory requestor postoffice to send all address list changes to the directory server postoffice (T1 event) or incorporate the changes received from the directory server postoffice (T3 event) on February 29, 2000, the event is saved to the Process.glb file. However, the event is appended to the end of the file, instead of being added to the existing record for that day of the week. This may cause the Dispatch program (Dispatch.exe) to run multiple times on that day of the week.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB197407

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