XCON: X.400 Exchange Interoperability with Foreign Message Transfer Agent Causing Non-Delivery Report

ID: Q168136

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When sending messages using an X.400 Connector from a foreign message transfer agent (MTA) to an Exchange Server MTA with an ADMD= " " (Space), a non-delivery report (NDR) will be generated which refers to invalid parameters.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because of the way Exchange Server MTA handles numeric ADMD (Administrative management domain name).

MORE INFORMATION

Exchange Server supports this properly in all originator/recipient address fields but not in other parts of the envelope (for example, MTSID, Bilateral-Info, External, and Internal-Trace- Info).

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, do not use a space or numeric name for the Exchange Server MTA when connecting with foreign MTAs.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Exchange Server 4.0.

This bug was corrected in Exchange Server 5.0.

Additional query words: Interop ISOCORE


Keywords          : kbbug4.00 XCON 
Version           : Platform:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999