XFOR: Date Appended to Attached Files Sent to cc:Mail Mailing List

ID: Q186216

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When an Exchange user sends a message with an attachment to a Lotus cc:Mail mailing list that includes Exchange recipients, the date is appended to the end of the attachment name when the message arrives in the Exchange recipients[ASCII 146] mailboxes.


CAUSE

This is a problem in the hrParseFileName() function. This function assumes that the date following the file name is always in MM/DD/YY format. However, for dates such as 1/1/98, the format is actually M/D/YY. The parsing algorithm does not handle these correctly and fails for all dates with a single-digit month or day with the symptom listed above.


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the following fix or wait for the next Exchange service pack.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0.

A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.

This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Psp2ccma.exe and Psp2ccmi.exe:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/exchange/exchange-public/fixes/Eng/Exchg5.0/Post-SP2-CCM

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. 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          : XFOR 
Version           : 5.0 5.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 10, 1999