Microsoft KB Archive/190709

= XFOR: Internet Mail Service Does Not Clean Up Temp Files When Shut Down During Transfer =

Article ID: 190709

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q190709





SYMPTOMS
Administrators of Microsoft Exchange server version 5 will notice that when the Internet Mail Service is cycled during an open, inbound session with another host, the temporary file used for the message in transit will not be removed when the service is restarted.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server, version5.0.



MORE INFORMATION
Although these temporary files are "stranded," they do not represent lost mail. The sending host will try to deliver the mail later, because the entire transaction was not completed. These stranded files can be deleted if necessary, without impacting the Internet Mail Service performance.

Below is a sample of what you should see in the stranded temporary file:   [ASCII 247]   ImCr        [ASCII 160][ASCII 216]MK[ASCII 250][ASCII 233][ASCII 188]       test.dns.microsoft.com test.dns.microsoft.com   c=US;a= ;p=Microsoft;l=RAYDEN9711051951WKA6D6YM X           9B        h[ASCII 216] h[ASCII 216]  DEN> roEwLsReceived: from test.dns.microsoft.com by Rayden.Microsoft.Com with SMTP (Microsoft  Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1458.49) id WKA6D6YM; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 14:51:27 -0500

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