Error message when you access Outlook Web Access through ISA Server 2004: "Error Code: 500 Internal Server Error. The data area passed to a system call is too small."

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SYMPTOMS

When you access Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access through Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

Error Code: 500 Internal Server Error. The data area passed to a system call is too small.

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

You are using the forms-based authentication filter in ISA Server 2004.
You have installed a third-party add-in program for Microsoft Exchange.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs when the response from the Exchange server that provides Outlook Web Access services contains the following HTTP header:

Expires: -1

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install hotfix 925232. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

925232 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925232/ ) Description of the ISA Server 2004 hotfix package: September 20, 2006

This hotfix makes ISA Server ignore the "Expires" header when a "Cache-Control: no-cache" header is included in the response from the Exchange server. Both headers are used to prevent the caching of HTTP content and can be used together.

If the third-party add-in for Exchange uses only the "-1" value in the "Expires" header, you must enable the add-in program to also include the "Cache-Control: no cache" header. To do this, see the third-party add-in program's documentation, or contact the manufacturer of the add-in program.

For information about your hardware manufacturer, visit the following Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vendors/en-us (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vendors/en-us)

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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MORE INFORMATION

The forms-based authentication filter in ISA 2004 is tested for an Outlook Web Access scenario that does not include any add-in programs. In this scenario, Outlook Web Access does not pass the "-1" value for the "Expires" header. Therefore, access to Outlook Web Access is successful. The forms-based authentication filter for Outlook Web Access in ISA Server 2004 supports the following formats for the "Expires" header:

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