Microsoft KB Archive/841666

= You receive Event ID 958, and outbound or inbound messages are not delivered from an Exchange 2000 Server to their destination =

Article ID: 841666

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server

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SYMPTOMS
On your Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server computer, outbound or inbound messages may not be delivered to their destination. Additionally, the following event appears in the application log in Event Viewer:

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: MSExchangeTransport

Event Category: (1)

Event ID: 958

Description: Following master server DN appears to be pointing to a deleted object. This may prevent Exchange Routing Service from functioning properly.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if you remove the Exchange 2000 Server routing group master and do not designate another Exchange Server computer to be the routing group master.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, you must designate another Exchange Server computer to be the routing group master. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
 * 2) Right-click your Exchange organization, and then click Properties.
 * 3) On the General tab, click to select the Display routing groups check box, and then click OK.
 * 4) Expand Administrative Groups, expand , expand Routing Groups, and then expand.

In this step,  is the name of your administrative group, and   is the name of your routing group.
 * 1) Click Members.

In the right pane, the Exchange Server computers that are in this routing group are displayed. In the Server Type column, the Exchange Server computers in this routing group are displayed as either Master or Member
 * 1) Right-click the Exchange Server computer that you want to designate as the routing group master, and then click Set as Master.
 * 2) Quit Exchange System Manager.

Additional query words: xcon e2k

Keywords: kbprb KB841666

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