XCON: Exchange Unresponsive If Message Subject Has 0xD

Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
Article ID: Q141970

The Information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Exchange MS Mail Connector (Apple Talk) Message Transfer Agent (MTA) will over utilize the CPU when processing a message with a subject that contains 0xD. This will cause the Microsoft Exchange Server to become unresponsive.

MORE INFORMATION

AT Mail does not allow users to have 0xD in the subject line but some gateways to AT Mail do.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Server U.S. Service Pack. 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

Additional query words:
Keywords : kb3rdparty kbbug4.00 kbother XCON
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
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