Re: Mail Address List Truncated with Mailto: Link If Tag exceeds 260 c
From: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] (suemvp_at_outlookcode.com)
Date: 09/17/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:55:57 -0400
That limitation applies to all versions, AFAIK.
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"Winston" <Winston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C65C9B1-E412-49A6-9A0A-D021375901A2@microsoft.com...
> WinXP Pro. Sending mail using a hyperlink address from MS Access XP.
> format
> as follows:
> MailTo: abc@abc.com;def@abc.com etc
> string seems to truncate with the last e-mail address before the 260.
>
> Here is the MS knowledgebase article... which refers to WinNT. I am
> getting
> this problem with WinXP and OfficeXP/2003. Anyone got any ideas on this
> problem... I would like to send a much larger list.
> thanks,
> Winston
>
> Here is the KB article:
>
> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 269272
> Mail Client Address List Truncated Using "Mailto:" Link If Tag Exceeds 260
> Characters
>
> This article was previously published under Q269272
> SYMPTOMS
> When you click a hyperlink that uses a "Mailto" Uniform Resource Locator
> (URL) with a recipient list that exceeds 260 characters, a truncated
> address
> list may be created in the e-mail program that is started (such as
> Microsoft
> Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express).
> CAUSE
> This is a Windows NT 4.0 limitation. The URL is passed to a Windows NT 4.0
> shell function (ShellExecute) to create a process for the mail client to
> run
> under. The Shell function passes the address list as a parameter and the
> variable used for that parameter is declared as a fixed size buffer (260
> bytes). When the mail client is started and the address list is passed as
> a
> parameter, the address list is limited to 260 bytes.
> RESOLUTION
> One possible workaround is to place the members of the recipient list in a
> distribution list and reference the distribution list alias in the
> "Mailto"
> URL.
> STATUS
> Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products
> that are listed at the beginning of this article.
>
> This issue does not occur in Microsoft Windows 2000.
> The information in this article applies to:
> Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
> Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
> Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
> Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
> Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
> Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
> Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
> Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
>
>
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