Article ID: 256440
Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q256440
SYMPTOMS
If you use Exchange 2000 Server Outlook Web Access (OWA) to reply to or forward a meeting request or e-mail message that has a subject line that contains a colon in the first four characters, the subject may change unexpectedly. Any characters up to and including the colon may be deleted.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.
MORE INFORMATION
For example, if you use Outlook Web Access to reply to or forward meeting requests or e-mail messages that have the following four subject lines
- abcd: four characters
- abc: three characters
- ab: two characters
- a: one character
the results are as follows:
- If the subject is "abcd: four characters" (where the colon is the fifth character), the original subject remains intact; if the item is a meeting request, the subject is displayed as follows:
Accepted: abcd: four characters
If the item is an e-mail message, the subject is displayed as follows:
re:abcd: four characters
- If the subject is "abc: three characters" (where the colon is the fourth character), the original subject is stripped of the characters up to and including the colon; if the item is a meeting request, the subject is displayed as follows:
Accepted: three characters
If the item is an e-mail message, the subject is displayed as follows:
re: three characters
- If the subject is "ab: two characters" (where the colon is the third character), the original subject is stripped of the characters up to and including the colon; if the item is a meeting request, the subject is displayed as follows:
Accepted: two characters
If the item is an e-mail message, the subject is displayed as follows:
re: two characters
- If the subject is "a: one character" (where the colon is the second character), the original subject is stripped of the characters up to and including the colon; if the item is a meeting request, the subject is displayed as follows:
Accepted: one character
If the item is an e-mail message, the subject is displayed as follows:
re: one character
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