Microsoft KB Archive/292775

= Downloading SMTP Messages Through NNTP Causes Database Fragmentation =

Article ID: 292775

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q292775



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) protocols and services that are included in Windows 2000, downloading Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) messages of only average size may cause the database to become fragmented. This can eventually affect server performance.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.

This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix kbnetwork KB292775

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