Article ID: 832492
Article Last Modified on 10/25/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
When you send Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail to a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 public folder, the message class is IPM.Post. In Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, the message class of a message that is sent to a public folder is IPM.Note. Therefore, if you have a message-archiving system where the e-mail messages must be stored without being changed or converted, you may not be able to archive messages from the public folder. This article describes an update that you can use to configure the setting of the PR_MESSAGE_CLASS attribute of SMTP messages that are sent to public folders as IPM.Note instead of as IPM.Post.
Note "SMTP mail" refers to mail that is not from a MAPI source.
MORE INFORMATION
Cumulative rollup information
To resolve this problem, obtain the Exchange 2003 Server Post-RTM store rollup. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
838236 How to obtain the Exchange Server 2003 Server post-RTM Store rollup
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone 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 usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.
Restart requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this software update.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other software updates.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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 Version Size File name --------------------------------------------------------- 15-Nov-2003 02:02 6.5.6980.42 49,152 Mdbevent.dll 15-Nov-2003 02:41 6.5.6980.42 3,186,176 Mdbmsg.dll 15-Nov-2003 02:05 6.5.6980.42 24,064 Mdbrole.dll 17-Nov-2003 17:16 6.5.6980.42 13,312 Mdbtask.dll 17-Nov-2003 17:15 6.5.6980.42 5,038,592 Store.exe
Hotfix installation information
After you install this update, the message class of incoming messages to public folders may be changed to IPM.Note (instead of IPM.Post). You can configure this new setting by creating the "Incoming defaults to IPM.Note" registry value in the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\<ServerName>\Public-<GUID>
Value name: Incoming defaults to IPM.Note
Value type: DWORD
Value data: 0 or 1 (0 is default value) (0=false)
Important This value name is case-sensitive. The default behavior without the registry key is that incoming messages appear as IPM.Post. If you set the registry value to 0 (zero), the default behavior continues, and incoming messages appear as IPM.Post. If you set the registry value to 1, the behavior changes, and new SMTP mail messages from a non-MAPI source appear as IPM.Note.
To enable this functionality, you must configure these registry settings on all Exchange servers that host public folders. You do not have to configure these registry settings on Exchange servers that do not host public folders. Additionally, you must configure these registry settings for each public folder database on the particular server where you want to enable this functionality.
After you make these registry changes, you must restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service to enable this new functionality.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
817903 New naming schema for Exchange Server software update packages
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