Article ID: 159193
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q159193
SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) terminates unexpectedly with an event similar to the following (as viewed in the Application Event Log):
This failure may be coincident with the addition of a new Directory Replication Connector, or at MTA startup.
CAUSE
The MTA code that generates the text file GWART0.MTA did not use a data structure large enough to accommodate the routing information obtained through directory replication.
WORKAROUND
There is no workaround for this problem.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Exchange version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange 4.0 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
Additional query words: failure crash gwart routing directory replication
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB159193
