Conference forty2::mailbus

3191.0. "Problem with 'AT' in x.400 address field" by COMICS::HALFACREE (Nothing is as it seems....) Wed Apr 09 1997 11:56

    Hi,
    
    I have a customer problem with x.400 addressing and using the word AT.
    
    The customer is trying to mail an MS-Mail/CC:Mail address and has a DDS
    entry setup as follows :-
    
    
           Given name                      : L
           Surname                         : WINTERS
           Name                            : L WINTERS
           Reverse lookup                  : 1=US@2=MARK400@4=FWUSA1@4=FWHEELER
    @5=QUIKCOMM@6=LARRY WINTERS AT FWUSA4PO@X400@LNL27
           Unique subscriber identifier    : XXWINTER
           Master copy owning node         : LNSRV2
           MHS/VMS address number          : 1
                   MHS/VMS address part    : LNL27
                   MHS mailbox             : X400
                   MHS User identifier     : 1=US@2=MARK400@4=FWUSA1@4=FWHEELER@
    5=QUIKCOMM@6=LARRY WINTERS AT FWUSA4PO
    
    The problem is that when he tries to send to this user via MRX it
    modifies address field 6 and interprets the word AT as a @ and then
    anything after the word AT is put into a seperate ROUTESTRING.
    
    Below is an extract of the NBS file that has been dumped :-
    
        ATTR[ROUTE]                 ROUTE
          SEQ                       ROUTENAME
            ASCII                   ROUTESTRING              Len = 00000004
              X400 %X58343030
            ASCII                   ROUTESTRING              Len = 00000008
              FWUSA4PO
            ASCII                   ROUTESTRING              Len = 0000000F
              6=LARRY WINTERS
            ASCII                   ROUTESTRING              Len = 0000000A
              5=QUIKCOMM
            ASCII                   ROUTESTRING              Len = 0000000A
              4=FWHEELER
            ASCII                   ROUTESTRING              Len = 00000008
              4=FWUSA1
            ASCII                   ROUTESTRING              Len = 00000009
              2=MARK400
        ATTR[USERID]                USER
          ASCII                     USERIDSTRING             Len = 00000004
              1=US %X313D5553
    
    Is there anyway of entering the word AT into an x.400 address without
    MRX changing it to a @ sign and modifying the address ??
    
    Customer is using MRX v2.3-004.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mike
    

    What makes you think MRX is doing this?
    
    What is the User Agent? (ALL-IN-1? DECMailworks?)
    
    Dave

    Hi Dave,
    
    Thanks for the reply, I should have done a bit more checking first.
    
    The User Agent is Mailworks and having dumped the NBS file from
    Mailworks before it gets to MR it does appear that it is Mailworks that
    is changing the address.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mike