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Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 3
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Service Pack 3 for Exchange Server 2000 is available for download here. The same download updates both Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server. 

You must install Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (or a later service pack) before installing Exchange 2000 SP3. You cannot remove SP3 without removing and restoring Exchange to the original system state. Make a backup of your data both before and after installing SP3. For other critical issues that you should consider when planning your SP3 rollout, see:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 Release Notes
  • Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 Has Arrived!
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    Fixes & Features | Post SP3 Patches | OWA and Other Client Updates | More Information
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    Fixes & Features

    		 Exchange 2000 SP3 includes fixes that were previously publicly available. For details, see:
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server SP3 fix articles
  • XWEB An Appointment's Start Date and End Date Are Not Correct in OWA If You Copied the Appointment by Using MAPI
  • XWEB Name Resolution Does Not Work Correctly in an OWA Appointment
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    Also see:

  • Support Webcast: Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 Overview
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    Post SP3 Patches

    		 Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-046: Vulnerability in Exchange Server Could Allow Arbitrary Code Execution -- critical security update

    The latest comprehensive update is the September 2003 Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 3 Rollup (6487.1). It includes these updates, among many others:

  • XGEN Post-Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 Messaging Database Fixes That Are Available (Information Store Patch 6389.0)
  • XADM Outlook Web Access Renders the Meeting Request Information with an Incorrect Date
  • XADM Exchange 2000 Sends Attachments on the Wire to Outlook Clients While Downloading Headers
  • XCCC Meetings Visible in Outlook May Not Be Visible in OWA or Non-MAPI Clients
  • XADM Message Tracking Log Contains Multiple Entries with No Message ID or Subject
  • XCCC MAPI Thread That Is Monitoring the New Mail Notification Quits
  • Exchange 2000 Information Store Service Provider Patch 6332.0 - 31 Oct 2002 -- includes XCCC MAPI Thread That Is Monitoring the New Mail Notification Quits, a hotfix to fix a problem with new mail notifications not getting to clients
  • ADM Update to Permit the Caching of Incoming SMTP Messages as IPM.Note -- Adds a new Incoming registry value.

    • The comprehensive list of fixes is available at September 2003 Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 3 Rollup. Note that some of the files that are changed are OWA script files. Due to these modifications, any OWA add-in software or customized OWA runs the risk of being inoperable once the rollup has been applied. KB article 824282 has more information on this service pack rollup.
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    OWA and Other Client Updates

    For Outlook Web Access, you must upgrade all front-end servers to SP3 before upgrading any OWA back-end servers.
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    Known Problems
  • OL2002 The Folder Permissions Change for Exchange 2000 Accounts When You Add a Delegate to a Microsoft Outlook Special Folder -- The suggested workaround is not effective, since you cannot set mailbox folder-level permissions with the Exchange System Manager.
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    More Information

    		 New security provisions in SP3 may cause problems with CDOEX or CDOSYS applications that send mail via SMTP. See Read Access to the Everyone Group Is Removed After You Install Exchange 2000 SP3 for details. 
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    Updated Jul 15 2008
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