Uuencoded Attachments Are Numbered Sequentially in MS Exchange

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you send messages as attachments using the Internet Mail information service in Microsoft Exchange (Windows Messaging), the messages are numbered as Msg0001.txt, Msg0002.txt, Msg0003.txt, and so on.

When you compose a new message, the numbering sequence does not start over, but instead continues with the next number.

CAUSE

When you send messages using Microsoft Exchange and you include multiple uuencoded attachments in a message, the counter is not reset and attachment numbers are incremented in all subsequent messages.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods:

• Quit and restart Microsoft Exchange. This resets the attachment counter.



• Send the attachments using MIME instead of Uuencode. MIME displays the attachments correctly.



• Move the information from the attachments into the body of the message itself.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The attachment count can be misleading when you receive a message with an attachment count not starting at one. This could lead you to believe you have not received all the attachments.

Additional query words: winnt

Keywords          : kbtool win95 win98 
Version           : 4.00 95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: January 29, 1999