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FIX: Very long URLs in an email message do not open in OWA in Internet Explorer

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Symptoms

You use Outlook Web App (OWA) in Internet Explorer, and you click a URL that is contained in an email message. If the URL is very long, the webpage does not open. An example of a very long URL is a URL for a Yammer webpage.

This issue affects email messages that are located on servers that are running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, or Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.

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Cause

This issue occurs because the secure signed URL filtering in OWA exceeds the supported maximum URL length in Internet Explorer.

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Resolution

To fix this issue, install one of the following update packages:

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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References

Learn about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.

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Keywords: kbqfe, kbsurveynew, kbnotautohotfix, kbfix, kbexpertiseinter, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 3106421
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 12/15/2015
Exists online : False
Views : 281