Microsoft KB Archive/320702

= XCON: MTA Journaling Does Not Work to an SMTP Custom Recipient on February 28 of Years That Are Not Leap Years =

Article ID: 320702

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4

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This article was previously published under Q320702





SYMPTOMS
Message journaling may not work if the following conditions exist:
 * The journaling is on February 28 of a year that is not a leap year (such as 2002 or 2003).
 * You configured the Exchange Server 5.5 message transfer agent (MTA) message journaling component.
 * You selected a custom recipient as the journaling recipient.

The journaling recipient may receive the following non-delivery report (NDR):

Your message

To:     User Subject: TEST Sent:   Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:32:31 -0400

did not reach the following recipient(s):

MTA Journaling on Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:32:31 -0400 Unable to deliver the message due to a communications failure The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=US;a=
 * p=MICROSOFT;l=TESTSERVER000902173231AE003300



RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Component: MTA

NOTE: Because of file dependencies, this fix requires Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 Service Pack 4.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about a known issue that this problem is related to, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

280347 XCON: MTA Journaling Does Not Work on Certain Days

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB320702

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