Microsoft KB Archive/326523

= The SBS POP3 Connector May Not Download Mail If It Cannot Detect the End-of-Message Delimiter =

Article ID: 326523

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5

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This article was previously published under Q326523



SYMPTOMS
When you are using the Microsoft Exchange Connector for POP3 Mailboxes to download e-mail messages from individual or global Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) mailboxes, the POP3 Connector may not download the messages. The following errors may be logged in the Application log:

Event ID 12050

Source: POP3Connector

&quot;POP3: Failed to check the POP3 account for  at host POP3Server.contoso.com on port 110. The error is 10060&quot;

Event ID 12058

Source: POP3Connector

&quot;POP3: There was an error processing the RETR command. The Error is 10060&quot;

The following event messages may be logged instead of those listed earlier in this article:

Event ID 12050

Source: POP3Connector

&quot;POP3: Failed to check the POP3 account for  at host POP3Server.contoso.com on port 110. The error is 1232&quot;

Event ID 12058

Source: POP3Connector

&quot;POP3: There was an error processing the RETR command. The Error is 1232&quot;

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Event ID 12050

Source: POP3Connector

&quot;POP3: Failed to check the POP3 account for  at host POP3Server.contoso.com on port 110. The error is 10054&quot;

Event ID 12058

Source: POP3Connector

&quot;POP3: There was an error processing the RETR command. The Error is 10054&quot;

Substitute the name of your mail server for &quot;POP3Server.contoso.com&quot; in these error messages.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if specific packets are fragmented during the communication between the POP3 Connector and the POP3 server. The symptoms may seem to be intermittent; later attempts to download the messages may work.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Small Business Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

326924 How to Obtain Small Business Server 2000 Service Pack 1



STATUS
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: smallbiz SBS

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