Microsoft KB Archive/298729

= UTF-8 Is Returned as the Default Character Set =

Article ID: 298729

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, when used with:  Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

 Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server 

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This article was previously published under Q298729



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SYMPTOMS
When you make a request to return the character set from any text body that has a character set that is not yet known, utf-8 is returned as the default character set.

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CAUSE
In the Exchange component Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), MIMEOLE, an API that CDO uses for Mime content parsing, is finding UTF-8 in the text body parts of messages and making it the default character set that is returned.

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RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. 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

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STATUS
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3.

Keywords: kbprb kbbug kbsysadmin kbwin2000sp3fix KB298729

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