XCON: Extended Characters in Attachment Names Are Mishandled by Exchange Connector for Novell GroupWise (252689)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

This article was previously published under Q252689

SYMPTOMS

If messages contain extended characters (for example, a German umlaut) in attachment names and are sent from Novell GroupWise to Exchange Server, the messages are rejected by the Microsoft Exchange Connector for Novell GroupWise and moved to the Bad folder.

The following events may be logged in the application event log:
ID 6067
MSExchangeGWRtr, Error General, Failed to move file
'\\ce-nw5\sys\mail\gwdom\wpgate\api\ATT_OUT\Z(tm)s"".txt' to
\\NEWYORK-1\connect$\exchconn\gwrouter\GW2MEXA\Z(tm)s"".txt'
The system error code is 2 , The system cannot find the file specified.

Event ID 6067
MSExchangeGWRtr, Error General, Failed to move file
'\\ce-nw5\sys\mail\gwdom\wpgate\api\ATT_OUT\u.txt' to
'\\NEWYORK-1\connect$\exchconn\gwrouter\GW2MEXA\u.txt'
The system error code is 1113, No mapping for the Unicode character exists in the target multi-byte code page.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/2/2003
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