DOCUMENT:Q140953 19-FEB-2002 [exchange] TITLE :XCLN: Fax Template Generates Bad Phone Number PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER::3.0a,3.x,4.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbother ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0 - Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.x - Microsoft Mail Gateway to Fax, version 3.0a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The Microsoft Exchange client generates an incorrect phone number when sending faxes through a Microsoft Exchange Server to the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks fax gateway. The sender will receive a Mail Failure message from the Admin stating that the fax was addressed to an unknown fax number. WORKAROUND ========== Import the latest version of the Microsoft Exchange Server FAX.CSV file. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 U.S. Service Pack 2. 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 MORE INFORMATION ================ The sender will receive a "Mail Failure" message similar to the following when sending to a FAX PAB entry that was created using the Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0 FAX template: From: Administrator Sent: Thursday, June 13, 1996 11:48AM To: PF Admin Subject: Mail failure Fax addressed to the following unknown FAX NUMBER: RECIPIENT: My Fax Machine LOCATION: 3rd Floor COMPANY: MSFT FAX NUMBER: 45811 Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : kbother Technology : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2 kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailPCN3xSearch kbMailGateFax300a Version : :3.0a,3.x,4.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.