KB128462 - PROFS: VMGATE Log .MAI File Errors

Article ID: 128462

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

Microsoft Mail Gateway for IBM PROFS and OfficeVision 3.4a

This article was previously published under Q128462

SYMPTOMS

The following errors occur in the VMGATE log:

[15:24] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI [15:24] -
...will try again at NEXT time, processing continues

[15:26] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI [15:26] -
...will try again at NEXT time, processing continues

[15:28] - ERROR: scanning data fields in: L:MAI\MAC\0001594C.MAI
[15:28] - ...SYSTEM.LOG entry written, diagnostic sent to:

After the .MAI file fails for the third time, the mail is returned to the sender and the following message is logged in the system log:

System log entry on: 12-15-94 15:28
VMGATE program has detected a mail problem
Message data:

From: IES/TOWER/SZHJZG
Date: 12-15-94
Time: 15:29
Subject: MMIS year end processing issues
Mail retry count exceeded sending to: VMGATE

CAUSE

The program was not reading data properly if a particular field was bigger than the buffer size, and started within the current buffered data.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.4a of Microsoft Mail Gateway to PROFS. This problem was corrected in VMGATE.EXE version 3.40.0042. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download Vmga.exe now

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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