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The Subject line of an e-mail activity may contain "&", "<", ">", or """ in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0


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Symptoms

You add a data field to the Subject line of an e-mail template in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. If you apply the template to an e-mail activity, the Subject line may show one or more of the following items:
  • &amp;
  • &lt;
  • &gt;
  • &quot;

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Cause

This issue may occur when the text that is to be displayed on the Subject line of the e-mail activity contains any one of the following characters:
  • Ampersand (&)
  • Less than (<)
  • Greater than (>)
  • Quotation mark (")
For example, if you add the Account Name data field to the Subject line of an e-mail template and you create an e-mail activity for ABC & Company, the Subject line will contain the following text:
ABC &amp; Company

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Resolution

This problem is fixed in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Update Rollup 1. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
922815 Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 is available
This problem is fixed in Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Professional Edition for Service Providers. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
935731 Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Professional Edition for Service Providers is available

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More information

For more information about the terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
887283 Microsoft Business Solutions CRM software hotfix and update package naming standards

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Keywords: KB911986, kbhotfixserver, kbqfe, kbmbsmigrate, kbmbsemail

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Article Info
Article ID : 911986
Revision : 5
Created on : 9/19/2007
Published on : 9/19/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 439