XCON: Euro Displayed Incorrectly After Being Sent Through X.400 Connector

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

If you compose a message with the euro currency symbol (a "C" with two horizontal lines through the center) on the Subject line or in the body of the message, and then send the message through an X.400 Connector, the euro currency symbol may be displayed as a question mark (?) when you open the message in an e-mail client.

Note that this problem only occurs if the "Remote clients support MAPI" check box on the General tab and the "Allow MS Exchange contents" check box on the Advanced tab are not selected in the properties for the X.400 Connector. Clearing these check boxes prevents the server from sending content formatted in transport-neutral encapsulation format (TNEF) or message database encoding format (MDBEF).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5.

MORE INFORMATION

For information about the availability of the euro currency symbol in Microsoft Windows NT character sets, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q182005 Euro Currency Not Available in Windows NT Character Sets

Q235445 Seven Fonts Not Supporting the Euro Currency Symbol

Additional query words:

Keywords          : exc55 
Version           : winnt:5.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 15, 1999