Article ID: 255237
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.1
This article was previously published under Q255237
SYMPTOMS
When you run the Exchange MAPI Management Agent, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
This issue can occur if you use illegal characters in the Display-Name-Printable box in the Foreign Entries Output Add template.
The name in this box populates the Simple Display Name field in Exchange.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, do not use illegal characters when you create the Simple Display Name for Exchange.
MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Exchange does not accept the following characters in the Simple Display Name field.
`
~
@
#
$
%
^
&
*
[
]
{
}
\
|
_
Microsoft Exchange replaces any of the illegal characters with a question mark (?). The error message continues to occur in Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.1, however, the recipient of the e-mail continues to populate Microsoft Exchange.
You may also receive the following Event ID.
The description for Event ID 166 with the Directory Import source cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer.
Keywords: kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprb KB255237
