DOCUMENT:Q103424  11-NOV-1999  [pcmail]
TITLE   :X400: Err Msg: Address Mapping Contains the Character X...
PRODUCT :Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
PROD/VER:MS-DOS:3.2
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, version 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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With version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, the Routing section of the
Administrator program may give the following error:

   Address Mapping contains the character "X" which is not valid. Type it again
   using valid characters.

CAUSE
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This error means the address contains a character that is not allowed in an
X.400 address. X.400 addresses allow letters, numbers, spaces, parentheses, and
most punctuation marks, as specified in the X.409 Specification on page 80 of
the Fascicle VIII.7 document published by The Consultative Committee for
International Telegraph and Telephone (CCITT).

MORE INFORMATION
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The following characters are allowed:

   Name                             Graphic
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   Uppercase letters                A,B,...Z
   Lowercase letters                a,b,...z
   Numbers                          0,1,...9
   Spaces                           <space>
   Apostrophe                       '
   Opening parenthesis              (
   Closing parenthesis              )
   Plus sign                        +
   Comma                            ,
   Hyphen                           -
   Period                           .
   Slash mark                       / 
   Colon                            :
   Equal sign                       =
   Question mark                    ?


Additional query words: 3.20 errmsg

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailGatex400320
Version           : MS-DOS:3.2

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