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# X400: Network Name Field Refuses to Accept Character Input

Article ID: 115445

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 3.2

This article was previously published under Q115445

## SYMPTOMS

The Network Name field refuses to accept character input with code page settings other than 437.

## CAUSE

The gateway supports code page 437 only.

## RESOLUTION

Use a previous Admin file and consult the documentation on how to edit this file manually.

### STEPS TO REPRODUCE BEHAVIOR

On an MS-DOS machine:

1. Set up with code page 850 and country code German:
2. Run X400ADM.EXE.
3. Select Address Conversion.
4. In the Network Name field try to type any Ext. Char. from the German keyboard.

Notice that the field doesn't accept character input.

Additional query words: 3.20

Keywords: KB115445