Article ID: 327595
Article Last Modified on 7/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q327595
SYMPTOMS
If you insert an attachment programmatically when you reply to a message that is in plain text format, a signature is unexpectedly added to the reply.
RESOLUTION
Service Pack Information
This problem is corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3.
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack
Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Size File name
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20-Sep-2002 05:46 1,804 Hotfix.txt
18-Sep-2002 02:18 2,174,808 Outlook.msp
18-Sep-2002 03:42 5,045,088 Outlookff.msp
18-Sep-2002 02:31 3,171 Readme.txt
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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16-Aug-2002 14:05 10.0.4413.0 346,696 Exsec32.dll
08-Aug-2002 20:22 10.0.4406.0 137,800 Impmail.dll
12-Sep-2002 20:52 10.0.4510.0 539,208 Outlcm.dll
12-Sep-2002 20:52 10.0.4510.0 6,310,472 Outllib.dll
12-Sep-2002 20:52 10.0.4510.0 92,744 Outlmime.dll
12-Sep-2002 20:52 10.0.4510.0 47,688 Outlook.exe
08-Aug-2002 20:22 10.0.4406.0 121,416 Outlph.dll
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.
This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.
MORE INFORMATION
This problem only occurs when the message that you are replying to is in plain text format.
Additional query words: attachment signature programatically ol10 ol9
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kboffice2000presp3fix kbhotfixserver KB327595
