Microsoft KB Archive/108844

= PC DirSync: Err Msg: Error 133 Invalid Server Request =

Article ID: 108844

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0b
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q108844



SYMPTOMS
When you run directory synchronization (dirsync), you may receive the following error message

Error [133] Invalid Server Request PCM: \

where  is the network name, and   is the postoffice name. PCM is the type of postoffice (in this case, Microsoft Mail for PC Networks). This error is most commonly found on the dirsync server.



CAUSE
This error message can be caused by an update message from the server to the requestor (which the server is) when the T2 process SRVMAIN is run against the server. SRVMAIN tries to process the message and cannot, because it is an update (ReqTx type) message and not a server (SrvTx type) message.



RESOLUTION
Run REQMAIN -R to process the ReqTx message.

If the error message is displayed again during the next dirsync cycle, you must reset the system mailbag to eliminate the bad requestor message.  Run the Mail Administrator program (Admin.exe) and select Storage Compression. Type the following MS-DOS command to set System.mbg to zero bytes:

type nul > system.mbg

If the MS-DOS device "NUL" is used, no File Not Found error message is generated. In the Key folder, run Debug.exe on the System.key file. At the dash prompt, type the following lines and press ENTER after each line:

F100,32F,0

W

Q

This resets the system mailbag and clears the ReqTx message that is in the mailbag.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20 3.50 dirsync dirsynch

Keywords: KB108844

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