Microsoft KB Archive/179152

= XFOR: Mail Retrieved with POP3 Client Shows in SJIS Rather than JIS =

Article ID: 179152

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179152





SYMPTOMS
This problem occurs with the Japanese version of Microsoft Exchange Server. Messages originally composed using a Japanese double-byte character set (DBCS) and then retrieved from an Exchange Server using a POP3 mail client such as Outlook Express are displayed incorrectly or in an unreadable format. The character set is being converted incorrectly from JIS to SJIS.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. 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



MORE INFORMATION
NOTE: This problem only occurs when you use the Japanese version of Exchange Server version 5.0 installed on Japanese Windows NT Server version 4.0 and you retrieve mail with the Japanese Outlook Express client.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbusage KB179152

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