Chat Server Hangs or Disconnects Its Portal Connection

Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
Article ID: Q172973

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commercial Internet System, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

Chat server may hang or disconnect its portal connection.

CAUSE

A server reaches some internal state where it sends messages that contain invalid UIDs across its portals. The most common cause is a bad AddRemoteMember. At that point, the server may hang or disconnect its portal connection.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Commercial Internet System version 1.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Keywords          : cischat
Version           : WinNT:1.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
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