[MS-OXORULE] Missing bitmask flags in PidTagRuleState

Question

Hi,

in MS-OXORULE v20090712 section 2.2.1.3.2.3 "PidTagRuleState", there is a bitmask diagram (top of page 15) that contains a range of flags, followed by text that describes them.

Two flag values ("M4" and "P2") don't have any associated text.

What do these bits mean?

When do outlook and exchange set them?

Brad

Answer 1

Hi Brad,

Thanks for your inquiry.

Someone from my team will be contacting you shortly.

Regards,

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SEBASTIAN CANEVARI - MSFT Senior SEE Protocol Documentation Team

Answer 2

Brad,

I'll be working on this issue for you.  I'll get back to you as soon as I have more information about these two flag values.

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Regards, Tom Jebo Senior Support Escalation Engineer Microsoft DS Protocol Team

Answer 3

Tom,

Thanks for looking at this for me.

Brad

Answer 4

 

Brad,

 

I’ve confirmed that the M4 and P2 bit fields are not used at all by the latest version of Outlook.   Therefore these two fields can be safely ignored.  

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Regards, Tom Jebo Senior Support Escalation Engineer Microsoft DS Protocol Team

Answer 5

Tom.

Thanks for this. I assume that the "latest version of Outlook" in this context is 2010.

Can you also confirm that they are not used by Outlook 2003 or 2007, and that these bits have no meaning to Exchange 2003, 2007 or 2010?

Brad

Answer 6

Brad,

We are investigating this and shall update you as things progress.

Dominic Michael Salemno
Senior Support Escalation Engineer

Answer 7

Brad,

sorry for the delay in responding.  Yes, I can confirm that this change (i.e. to ignore the M4 and P2 bits) applies to 2003, 2007 and 2010. 

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Best regards, Tom Jebo Senior Support Escalation Engineer Microsoft Open Specification Support