Article ID: 153103
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q153103
SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) version 5.0 may terminate unexpectedly when performing distribution list (DL) expansion on a large, nested DL. An event similar to the following may be logged in the application event log:
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This problem may occur if, for example, there are 26 DLs nested beneath a single DL where the number of members to any one of the nested DLs may range from 0 to 600 or more. When a message is sent to the DL that contains the 26 nested DLs, the MTA may terminate unexpectedly with the 9405 event ID.
The following event may occur and the MTA may stop before logging a 9405 event:
message NMI2171: Internal Processing Error, severity 14
(DB Server DISP:FANOUT(12) Proc 26) 04-18-97 02:13:47pm
Error reading attribute
Called from MTA Proc 223
Database error code ODXOINIU - Object does not exist
Object at fault 06000000
Attribute identifier 28
Value number 44
Referenced object 00000000 (00000000 => N/A)
Referenced object error 0
The DISP:FANOUT indicates a problem expanding an object, in this case, a large distribution list that contains a number of other distribution lists. The presence of the 06000000 as the Object at Fault is another indication of this particular issue.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange 5.0 Server U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
S E R V P A C K
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