Microsoft KB Archive/193926

= XFOR: TURFDIR Must Be Manually Created for Message Filtering =

Article ID: 193926

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 Q193926



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When using the message filtering option on the Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Service, the default option is to delete the filtered messages. This can be changed to send the messages to a "turf" directory. However, when the option to save the filtered messages is selected, the Exchange Server administrator will notice that the messages are not being saved. The following event will be recorded in the Windows NT Application Log:   Event ID 4192      MSExchangeIMC        Message Transfer Delivery of a message was aborted because it appeared to be an  impersonation attempt or unwanted bulk mail. The 821 originator was joes@spam.net. Either this address or the 822 message triggered this based on TurfTable entries in the registry. The message that caused this was PBF3S5YB. This message will not be delivered. It will be copied to \turfdir.



CAUSE
The reason for this behavior is that by default the turf directory is set to \Turfdir in the registry. This directory is not created by the Microsoft Exchange Server setup process.



WORKAROUND
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

 Create a directory called Turfdir in the root of the hard disk that holds the Exchange system files. This should allow the messages to be copied to that directory.

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 Create a directory elsewhere, and change the registry to point to the path of this new directory. You can accomplish this by performing the following steps:

 Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). Locate the TURFDIR value under the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIMC \Parameters\

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.</li> Highlight the TURFDIR value and on the Edit menu, select String. Change the string to reflect the desired path. Add the drive letter if a drive other then C is desired.</li> Quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

Additional query words: imc spam bulk junk turftable

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