XFOR: NNTP JIS Message Converted to SJIS, Displayed Incorrectly

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5, Japanese version

SYMPTOMS

If you compose a message using a double-byte character set (DBCS) and then post the message to a public folder that is configured as a newsgroup with a default character set of JIS, the message may be converted to SJIS when you open it in an e-mail client. As a result, the message is displayed incorrectly. This problem only occurs if you post the message in Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) plain text format, instead of encoding it using UUENCODE.

CAUSE

This problem can occur for the following reasons:

• If the message contains a Request for Comments (RFC) 1522 header, the character set for which the newsgroup is configured is ignored.



• If the character set for which the newsgroup is configured is used, the Internet codepage may be set incorrectly. The Internet codepage may be set to the Microsoft Exchange Server codepage instead of the Windows codepage.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Japanese Server version 5.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. For information about 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

MORE INFORMATION

For information about a similar problem that occurs when you retrieve messages using a post office protocol version 3 (POP3) e-mail client, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q179152 XFOR: Mail Retrieved w/ POP3 Client Shows in SJIS Not JIS

Additional query words: network news transport protocol

Keywords          : kbusage XFOR kbbug5.50 kbfix5.50 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug