Microsoft KB Archive/151395

= XCON: MTA Terminates After Receiving Mail from Zoomit Gateway =

Article ID: 151395

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q151395



SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Exchange message transfer agent (MTA) may terminate unexpectedly after receiving a message over an X.400 connector from a Zoomit gateway. The following sequence of events may be logged in the application event log:

Event ID:200

Source:MSExchangeMTA

Type:Warning

Category:X.400 Service

Description:

An error occurred while ASN.1 was decoding an object (dump reference 674).

[child length exceeds given maximum 85 2921 1msev 674 MTA XFER-IN 21 98] (14)

Event ID:2050

Source:MSExchangeMTA

Type:Error

Category:Internal Processing

Description:

A fatal internal MTA error occurred. Contact Microsoft Product Support Services.

An illegal PUT to element 1C87FF00 occurred at offset 31081. [BASE XFER- IN 21 9] (16)

Event ID:9405

Source:MSExchangeMTA

Type:Error

Category:Field Engineering

Description:

An unexpected error has occurred which may cause the MTA to terminate.

Error: Error writing AAT: obj 87. [BASE XFER-IN 21] (16)

Event ID:9405

Source:MSExchangeMTA

Type:Error

Category:Field Engineering

Description:

An unexpected error has occurred which may cause the MTA to terminate.

Error: Error writing AAT: obj 87. [BASE XFER-IN 21] (16)



CAUSE
The Zoomit gateway may have sent a message with an improperly encoded content length. Improperly encoded messages may cause the MTA to terminate unexpectedly.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Exchange Serverversion 4.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

158693 XGEN: How to Obtain Exchange Server 4.0 Service Pack 4

This problem can also be resolved by obtaining Reliable Transport Service (RTS) version 2.4.0 from Microsoft. If you currently have a Zoomit support contract, you can request a copy of RTS version 2.4.0 by sending email to RTS@Microsoft.com.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
Zoomit gateways are manufactured by Zoomit Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

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