Article ID: 279280
Article Last Modified on 2/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q279280
SYMPTOMS
If you use an administrative e-mail address that contains a period (or dot) in the name part of the address, the address may not be kept in the correct format when it is stored in the SOA record of a DNS zone.
CAUSE
The administrative e-mail address is stored in the RNAME field of the SOA record. The format of this entry is name.domain.tld. The first period is translated to an at sign (@), so the example listed above is translated to name@domain.tld. If the name part of the e-mail address contains a period, as in First.Last@domain.tld, an escape character must be used for the first period. As per Request for Comments (RFC) 1035, the correct format is First\.Last.domain.tld. Windows 2000-based DNS servers do not store this format correctly.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. 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
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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5/29/2001 06:06p 5.0.2195.3649 324368 Dns.exe
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product
For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
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