XFOR: NDR with Diagnostic: 12 Erroneous Content Syntax

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SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Mail users sending messages through the MSMAIL connector to valid X.400 addresses containing DDA type and DDA value, such as

   C=FR;A=ATLAS;P=INTERNET;DDA.TYPE=RFC-822;DDA.VALUE=user(a)domain.fr

receive non-delivery reports (NDRs) with diagnostic 12 (erroneous content syntax).

The Microsoft Exchange message transfer agent (MTA) reports in the Event log the following IDs :

Event 210

An internal MTA error occurred. Content conversion for message C=FR;A=ATLAS; P=MSFRANCE;L=MICROSOFT-ILE-00000155 failed. Conversion error: 258, Object at fault: 0600004F, Original content type: 2A864886F7140501, New content type: 56010A00. [2 MTA DISP:FANOUT 9] (14)

Event 62

A delivery failure occurred for the message with message transfer service identifier C=FR;A=ATLAS;P=MSFRANCE;L=MICROSOFT-ILE-00000155. X.400 reason code unable-to-transfer. Diagnostic content-syntax-error. Contact Microsoft Product Support Services. [0 MTA DISP:FANOUT 12 112] (12)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange 5.0 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

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition

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