PROFS: SoftSwitch Gateway Hangs on Large Attachments
Article ID: 127730
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Mail Gateway for IBM PROFS and OfficeVision 3.4a
This article was previously published under Q127730
SYMPTOMS
The SoftSwitch gateway may stop working when it receives attachments larger
than 32K.
CAUSE
The Microsoft Mail Gateway to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision sends attachments
larger than 32K. However, SoftSwitch cannot process 64K attachments.
RESOLUTION
To limit the size of the attachments sent to SoftSwitch, change all of the
LRECL values in the LAN_HOST DATA file on MS-GATE 193 from 65535 (64K - 1)
to 32767 (32K - 1).
MORE INFORMATION
The IBM PROFS and OfficeVision specification defines 32K attachments. The
Microsoft Mail Gateway to IBM PROFS and OfficeVision supports 64K
attachments.
The Microsoft Mail Gateway to PROFS Host Access component was written to
work the way the PROFS and OfficeVision code works, and supports 64K
attachments.
Because SoftSwitch was written to support the PROFS and OfficeVision
specification, SoftSwitch cannot process 64K attachments.
Therefore, the size of the attachments sent from PROFS and OfficeVision to
SoftSwitch needs to be limited to 32K.
Additional query words: 3.40a
Keywords: KB127730