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PRB: Digest messages not accepted by some mail systems due to UTF-7 encoding

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This article applies to:

  • MailMarshal (SEG) 
  • MailMarshal ECM/MailMarshal Exchange 7.X
  • Message Digest functionality

Symptoms:

  • Some email servers do not accept MailMarshal digest messages for delivery
  • Some email clients do not properly render the content of MailMarshal digest messages

Causes:

  • Digest messages in the affected MailMarshal versions allow Unicode text in the body (subject lines of digested messages).
  • This enhancement allows users to view message subjects in non-european character sets including CJK (Chinese Traditional & Simplified, Japanese, Korean, and Korean EUC) as well as Vietnamese, Thai, UTF-7 and UTF-8 encoding.
  • Some software does not accept the encoding of these messages.

Workaround:

If you encounter this issue, you can apply the following Registry entry to revert to an earlier version of this functionality. Unicode characters will not be available. 

  • In MailMarshal 10.0 and above, on the Array Manager edit the file arraymanager.config.json and add a new value:
    • Name: DisableUTF7Digest
    • Type: Boolean
    • Value: true
    • To add this value, before the closing brace at the end of the file, add this line including the leading comma - note that Json is case sensitive:
      ,"DisableUTF7Digest" : true
  • In MailMarshal 8.X and below, open the Registry Editor on the Array Manager. Within the base registry key, navigate to \Manager
    • In version 8.X: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Trustwave\Secure Email Gateway\Manager
    • For information about the registry location for each version, see article Q10832.
    • Enter a new DWORD value named DisableUTF7Digest with value 1.
  • Save your registry settings or configuration settings.
  • Commit the configuration changes and restart the MailMarshal Array Manager service.
Warning: As always, take due care when editing the Registry. Make a backup before making changes.


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