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• 11-09-2009, 11:57 AM

  alberich123 Joined on 11-09-2009, 4:34 PM Posts 4

  CDO.Message / double dots at beginning of a line Reply Contact CDO.Message is used on w2K3 Server to send HTML-eMails. All works fine, but CDO.Message fails to mask dots at the beginning of the line by doubling them. This cracks some larger links. Example: The image reference ************************************ <IMG border=0 src="http://www.somesitexy.com/banner/468%20x%2060/hieristeinbildchen12.jpg"><br> /************************************ appears in the .eml file (in mailroot\pickup) as follows ************************************ <IMG border=3D0=20 src="http://www.somesitexy.com/banner/468%20x%2060/hieristeinbildchen12= .jpg"> /************************************ as the single dot at the beginning of a line has a special meaning, it should be masked. After being processed by w2K3 Server's SMTP service, the link wont work anymore: ************************************ <IMG border=0 src="http://www.somesitexy.com/banner/468%20x%2060/hieristeinbildchen12jpg"> /************************************ any help?

• 11-10-2009, 2:45 AM

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  qbernard Joined on 03-26-2003, 2:12 AM Malaysia Posts 3,195	Re: CDO.Message / double dots at beginning of a line Reply Contact Mmm.. not sure. but only see this in w2k :) Periods at the beginning of a line are removed when placed into the SMTP Pickup directory http://support.microsoft.com/?id=286358 Cheers, Bernard Cheah

• 11-10-2009, 7:33 AM

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  alberich123 Joined on 11-09-2009, 4:34 PM Posts 4	Re: CDO.Message / double dots at beginning of a line Reply Contact Yesss - thats why i'm wondering why CDO.Message didnt put a second period at the line's beginning. Thats what it needs to work properly. I cant do this "from outside", because i dont know where CDO.Message puts its line breaks. I tried doubling all periods, but this ruins all "other" links.

• 11-10-2009, 11:58 AM

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  alberich123 Joined on 11-09-2009, 4:34 PM Posts 4	Re: CDO.Message / double dots at beginning of a line Reply Contact I've just checked the Metabase.xml file, there is no key called DisablePickupDotStuff.  As expected, because it's IIS6 (W2K3). :-(

• 11-11-2009, 3:23 AM

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  qbernard Joined on 03-26-2003, 2:12 AM Malaysia Posts 3,195	Re: CDO.Message / double dots at beginning of a line Reply Contact You can try this .. apparently it is in w2k3 also :) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922035 Cheers, Bernard Cheah

• 11-12-2009, 9:05 AM

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  alberich123 Joined on 11-09-2009, 4:34 PM Posts 4

  Re: CDO.Message / double dots at beginning of a line Reply Contact With Metabase Explorer i created SMTPDotStuffPickupDirFiles with a value of 1, now the CDO.Message stuff works fine. Now iis6 is adjusted to work with 'old CDO.Message used in our .asp code - newer mail components (for example .net's MailMessage) will assumedly put this two periods at the line's beginning, am i right? thanks Holger

• 11-14-2009, 1:24 AM

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  qbernard Joined on 03-26-2003, 2:12 AM Malaysia Posts 3,195	Re: CDO.Message / double dots at beginning of a line Reply Contact Not sure, but I think this is more related to CDO, I have yet to see similar behavior from other components. You can always test it :) Cheers, Bernard Cheah