XFOR: Notification Option Set Incorrectly During GroupWise Migration

ID: Q195852

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

After you migrate GroupWise 4.x calendar data (for example, Appointments, Tasks, Notes) that have alarms set and that have all past and gone off, they go off again in Outlook 98.


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: Migration Wizard 

   File Name     Version
   ------------------------
   Mlmig32.dll   5.5.2426.0


STATUS

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


MORE INFORMATION

If you open the *.sc2 file by using any text editor, you will see something similar to the following. The Ring is set to T and it causes the alarm to go off again in Outlook 98: 


   SCHEDULE+2 EXPORT VERSION 103
   SingleAppointments:
   {
      Start: 09-10-1998 11:20
      End: 09-10-1998 12:20
      Ring: T
      BusyType:   1
      Text: "app"
      Notes:
       "-----------------------------------------------------------From:
      admin-----------------------------------------------------------To:
       admin"
   }

Additional query words: reminders 


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

Last Reviewed: May 5, 1999