Text Surrounding "@" Character Is Considered an E-mail Address

 Last reviewed: August 29, 1997
Article ID: Q154345
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News version 1.0 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you view a message in Internet Mail or Internet News, if there is an "@" character in the text it is considered an e-mail address.

CAUSE

Whenever Internet Mail or Internet News detects an "@" character, it considers the text surrounding the character to be an e-mail address and treats it as such.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Mail and News version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbui
KBSubcategory: inetmailw95 inetnewsw95
Additional query words: 1.00
Keywords : inetmailw95 inetnewsw95 kbui
Version : 1.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 29, 1997
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