Article ID: 169762
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q169762
SYMPTOMS
When you import a .csv file, the import command may fail and the event viewer application log may report errors similar to the following:
Event ID: 13
Source: X400Proxy
Type: Warning
Category: None
Description: Unable to process custom recipient Arcand, Lyne: BLUEMOON
because the target
address is not valid.
X400:/C[ASCII 202]/A=TEL.CAN/G=Lyne/S=Arcand/O=BLUEMOON/OU1=CISTI.NRC.OTT/
DDA:ID=ILL.CISTI
Event ID: 235
Source: MSExchangeDSImp
Type: Error
Category: None
Description: X400 address failure. An illegal type name was specified at
character position
87 of 'X400:/C[ASCII 202]/A=TEL.CAN/G=Lyne/S=Arcand/O=BLUEMOON/OU1=CISTI.NRC.OTT/
DDA:ID=ILL.CISTI'.
CAUSE
The .csv file may contain Domain Defined Attributes (DDA) values. DDA is the format used for custom recipients such as Microsoft Mail users or SMTP users. The Exchange Server import function does not properly handle incoming X.400 addresses that contain a forward slash (or solidus) as part of a DDA Value. When Exchange Server encounters a forward slash as part of a DDA value, it reports an error. The X.400 custom recipient is not created in Exchange Server.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem:
- Edit the .csv file and globally replace /DDA with ;DDA.
- Save and close the .csv file and re-import it into Exchange Server by clicking Import on the Tools menu.
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