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XCLN: URLs With Spaces are Truncated by Exchange Client

Article ID: 151248

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

Microsoft Exchange Client 5.5
Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0

This article was previously published under Q151248

SYMPTOMS

When you send a URL that points to a long filename, containing spaces, on the server, the resulting hotlink created by the Microsoft Exchange client is truncated.

CAUSE

The client looks for a space to determine the end of the URL. When it comes upon a space in the filename, it interprets this as the end of the filename.

RESOLUTION

Find the associated 8.3 name of the file and send that filename in the URL.

For example, when you try to send a hot link to a file called Contents Page.htm:

http://server/subdir/contents page.htm

http://server/subdir/conten~1.htm

MORE INFORMATION

You can find the 8.3 filename on Windows 95 by using the dir command from a command prompt. On Windows NT, use the dir /x command.

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