Microsoft KB Archive/247133

= XCON: List of KB Articles Explaining MTA Basic Concepts and Troubleshooting =

Article ID: 247133

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 Q247133



SUMMARY
This article provides a list of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that may help you understand some basic message transfer agent (MTA) concepts. Articles are also listed that may be useful for initial basic MTA troubleshooting. This is not a complete list; it is simply a reference to some potentially useful KB articles about the MTA.



Concepts
For additional information about MTA concepts, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

158633 XCON: MTA Admin View of Queues Explained

163032 XCON: Description of Diagnostics Logging for MTA

163307 XCON: How to Identify Most MTA Queues by Object Id

163323 XCON: Mtacheck.log

178021 XFOR: Many DAT Files in the Mtadata Directory

163326 XCON: How and Why to Run Mtacheck

148284 XCON: When and How to use the Mtacheck Utility

166567 XCON: How to Enable Lowest Cost Routes Only

193322 XCON: Route Selection Criteria

196669 XCON: MTA Queue Length in Performance Monitor Can Show More Messages than in Queue

149121 XCON: Gateway Address Routing Table Information

198622 XCON: Adjustment of MTA Reliable Transfer Service Values

178539 XADM: How to Adjust Message Timeouts for the Exchange MTA

163325 XCON: MTA: Text Event Log (Evo.log)

163324 XCON: Application Protocol Data Unit (APDU) Logs (BF0.LOG)

240759 XCON: Message Transfer Agent Frequently Asked Questions

163294 XCON: Exchange MTA Build Numbers

Troubleshooting
For additional information about troubleshooting the MTA, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

162384 XCON: How to Troubleshoot MTA Starting Failures

147704 XCON: Troubleshooting Tips for: Exchange MTA Not Starting

231275 XCON: MTA in Uncontrollable State; MTA Service Can't Be Stopped

170055 XCON: Unable to View MTA Queue

163297 XCON: MTA Taking a Long Time to Start

175496 XCON: Using RPCPING To Troubleshoot MTA Connections

164841 XCON: Messages Stuck in MTA Queues

152896 XADM: MTA Startup Slow When Database is Large

244144 XCON: Exchange Message Transfer Agent May Stop Unexpectedly When Restarting After an Abnormal Shutdown

232586 XCON: X.400 MTA Logs Loop Detected Error Message When Receiving a Message from Exchange Server

194589 XCON: Event ID 57 from the Exchange Message Transfer Agent

234065 XGEN: Troubleshooting the MTA Queue to Internet Mail Service

229728 XCON: Intersite Message Transfer Agent Distribution List Cache Issue

229643 XCON: 9156 Errors Occur after Applying Exchange 5.5 Service Pack 2

222985 XCON: MTA Stops Processing Messages with Large Attachments and May Log Event 2136

200259 XCON: Event ID 9156 from the Exchange Server 5.5 Message Transfer Agent

197378 XCON: MTA Generates 9301 Events on Incoming Connections

196852 XCON: MTA Stops with a Database Server Internal Processing Error

196665 XCON: MTA Could Route Messages Through Higher Costing Routes

195731 XCON: MTA Stops and Numerous Events Appear in Event Log

194750 XCON: Message Sticks in MTA Queue While Other Messages Flow By

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