OL2000: You Receive a "Host not found" Error When You Open a URL Link in an RTF or Plain Text Message

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This article was previously published under Q316436

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to open a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link in a message that is in Rich Text Format (RTF) or plain text format, you receive a "Host not found" error.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because there is not an extension at the end of the URL, as in the following example:

http://ServerName

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276367/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

After the hotfix is installed, the English version of this fix will have the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time     Size       File name     
   ---------------------------------------------------
   18-Jan-2002  15:21    2,641,920  Outlook.msp
   18-Jan-2002  15:27    7,719,424  Outlook_admin.msp
   06-Jul-2001  09:11        2,882  Readme.txt

After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version      Size         File name     
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   14-Jun-2000  10:11  1.0.3.27        41,472    Bjablr32.dll
   14-Jun-2000  10:12  3.2.0.27        61,952    Bjlog32.dll
   08-Jan-2001  14:37  1.0.3.28        98,304    Bjsrch32.dll
   19-Jun-2000  11:49  5.5.2652.65    716,560    Cdo.dll
   19-Jun-2000  11:12  5.5.2652.65    808,720    Cdo.dll_0004
   01-Dec-2001  19:00  9.0.0.5930     127,027    Contab32.dll_0002
   14-Jun-2000  10:14  1.0.3.27       183,808    Emablt32.dll
   31-Aug-2000  12:43  5.5.3142.0     154,112    Emsabp32.dll_0005
   05-Oct-2001  03:33  5.5.3165.0     594,192    Emsmdb32.dll_0005
   01-Jun-2001  18:15  5.5.3159.0     131,344    Emsui32.dll_0005
   02-Jun-2000  03:45  9.0.0.4201      86,067    Envelope.dll
   18-Dec-2001  16:19  5.5.3167.0     540,944    Exsec32.dll_0005
   05-Apr-2000  12:02  9.0.0.4005     192,561    Mimedir.dll
   21-May-2001  11:20  5.5.3157.0     792,576    Msmapi32.dll_0001
   21-May-2001  11:16  5.5.3157.0     623,104    Msmapi32.dll_0002
   07-Jul-2000  20:07  5.5.3138.0     602,384    Mspst32.dll_0004
   07-Jul-2000  20:03  5.5.3138.0     528,656    Mspst32.dll_0005
   31-Jan-2000  18:26  9.0.0.3731     196,661    Oladd.fae
   23-May-2000  08:20                 150,690    Olexchng.aw
   30-May-2000  11:53                  26,643    Olsec9.chm
   22-May-2000  16:35                 170,617    Olxchng9.chm
   08-Feb-2001  10:17  5.5.3153.0     454,144    Omi9.dll_0001
   08-Feb-2001  10:21  5.5.3153.0     548,352    Omint.dll_0001
   06-Jun-2001  10:05                 129,024    Out2ksec.mst
   13-Nov-2001  04:45  8.30.3165.0    782,608    Outex.dll
   23-May-2000  16:19                 554,068    Outlhlp.aw_0001
   18-Jan-2002  02:32  9.0.0.6117   5,328,946    Outllib.dll
   31-Aug-2001  17:02  9.0.0.5630   1,675,315    Outllibr.dll
   13-Jul-2001  02:48  9.0.5512.0     368,691    Pstprx32.dll_0002
   21-Jun-2001  15:01  9.0.0.5421      73,772    Rm.dll
   02-Jun-2000  04:30  9.0.0.4201      65,586    Sendto9.dll

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

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