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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

3586.0. "DDS Address Truncation Feature" by WAYOUT::CLARKE () Thu Nov 25 1993 11:36

ALL-IN-1 V3.0-1, MR V3.2
OA$DDS_PRIME = 1

This feature applies to adding addresses from DDS to EM messages when the address
has a long reverse lookup.

e.g. DDS subscriber entry with X400 address
Aston Clarke with reverse lookup:- aston clarke@1=gb@2=digital@3=cwmail@5=dec@mrx

If you create a message and enter Clarke{find} you are prompted "do you want to
search the mail directory". When you add the address from the mail directory
you find (from an EM SH) that the address has been truncated to 36 characters.

e.g. aston clarke@1=gb@2=digital@3=cwmai 

This doesnt happen if you enter Clarke{CR} or use the SMD/SOM options.

The impact of this problem is that the user doesn't notice that this has
occured and the mail is usually undelivered. An IPMT has been logged for a 
similar problem which truncates long addresses when you use MH to change the 
personal name. These are probably related with further symptoms of this same
problem still to be discovered.

Can anybody confirm if this is fixed in something which may be called MUPA?
Can a fix be provided at Application Programming level?

Regards
Aston Clarke
UK CSC

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3586.1Fixed but no fixIOSG::MAURICEInsufficient hair for flowerThu Nov 25 1993 13:2412
    Hi Aston,
    
    Good news - This is a known problem that has been fixed in the PFR. 
    
    Bad news - The fix was in a code module, and so there is no
    customisation that you can make to fix the problem. 
    
    Worse news - I don't think the fix is available in any patch.
    
    Cheers
    
    Stuart