Article ID: 947662 - Last Review: October 15, 2009 - Revision: 2.0

The transport rule "when the Subject field or the body of the message contains text patterns" does not work accurately on an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1-based computer

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SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario. In an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment, you use the condition when the Subject field or the body of the message contains specific words to create a transport rule. However, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 matches the character pattern specified instead of an actual word. For example, you define "dog" as the specific word. If any word contains the characters "dog" in a message, such as "ddog," or tfdogk," Exchange Server 2007 SP1 considers that the string matches the condition.

If you configure the transport rule with the action send bounce message to sender with enhanced status code in this scenario, the sender receives a non-delivery report (NDR) that resembles the following message.
From: <PostMaster> 
Sent: <Date, Time>
To: <Sender>
Subject: <Subject>

Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:

<recipient>
Your message wasn't delivered because of security policies. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.
  _____  
Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 

Diagnostic information for administrators:

Generating server: <Server>

<recipient>
#550 5.7.1 Delivery not authorized, message refused ##

Original message headers:
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install Update Rollup 9 for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1. For more information about Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1, see the following Exchange Help topic:
Description of Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=157085)
For more information about how to obtain the latest Exchange service pack or update rollup, see the following Exchange Help topic:
How to Obtain the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange 2007 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=152570)
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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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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1, when used with:
    • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition
    • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition
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Keywords: 
kbexpertiseinter kbfix kbqfe kbautohotfix kbsurveynew KB947662
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