Microsoft KB Archive/272506

= XFOR: Event 3018 Occurs When Restarting the Internet Mail Service =

Article ID: 272506

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q272506



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to start the Internet Mail Service after it has failed, the service does not start and the following event is reported in the application event log of Microsoft Event Viewer:

Event ID: 3018

Source: IMC

Description: The available disk space on the spool drive has dropped below (%1)K. The Internet Mail Connector will not accept messages for inbound and outbound conversion until the available disk space has increased above (%1)K.



CAUSE
This issue can occur if there is a 16-GB file in the Exchsrvr\Imcdata\Out folder.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, delete the 16-GB file, delete the Queue.dat file from the Exchsrvr\Imcdata folder, and then restart the Internet Mail Service.

Additional query words: IMS exch2kp2w

Keywords: kbprb KB272506

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