XADM: Unable to Post a Reply to an Exchange Server 5.5 Newsgroup Folder

ID: Q194657

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Some Internet News readers may be unable to post a reply to a newsgroup folder hosted on an Exchange Server 5.5 computer if the server has been configured to not allow anonymous access.


CAUSE

When anonymous access has been disabled on an Exchange Server 5.5 computer, the server responds to a client connection with a 201 banner (no posting allowed).

Here is an example of the banner received by the client: 


   201 Microsoft Exchange Internet News Service Version 5.5.1960.6 (no
   posting)
Because posting is allowed (as long as the client authenticates), the banner returned should be a 200 (posting allowed): 

   200 Microsoft Exchange Internet News Service Version 5.5.1960.6 (posting
   allowed)


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Component: Information Store 

   File Name     Version
   -----------------------
   STORE.EXE     5.5.2405.0
   MDBMSG.DLL    5.5.2405.0
   GAPI32.DLL    5.5.2405.0


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Exchange Server 5.5 for Windows NT.

Additional query words: Reply to Group Post Grayed Out Disabled 


Keywords          : exc55sp2fix 
Version           : WinNT:5.5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 7, 1999