Article ID: 197398
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q197398
SYMPTOMS
The Exchange Server Message Transfer agent (MTA) may stop processing mail under a heavy load. It may also generate the following Event id's in the Windows NT Application Event log:
Event ID: 57
Source: MSExchangeMTA
Type: Warning
Category: X.400 Service
Description: The limit on the number of associations allowed to and from
entity /O=MICROSOFT/OU=TEST/CN=CONFIGURATION/CN=SERVERS/CN=TEST
/CN=MICROSOFT MTA has been reached. The limit is 2032. [MTA MAIN BASE 1
43] (14)
Event ID: 2051
Source: MSExchangeMTA
Type: Error
Category: Internal processing
Description: A fatal internal MTA error has occurred. The internal
directory replication agent (DRA) Dispatcher thread did not execute. If
this message is logged more that 5 times restart the directory. Contact
Microsoft Technical Support. An illegal GET from element 00000000
occurred at offset 1. [BASE OPERATOR 18 110] (16)
Event ID: 1105
Source: MSExchangeDS
Type: Error
Category: Replication
Description: The internal directory replication agent (DRA) Dispatcher
thread did not execute. If this message is logged more that 5 times
restart the directory.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Component: Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
File Name Version
-------------------------
Dbserver.sch 5.5.2448.1
Dcprods.cat 5.5.2448.1
Ems_rid.dll 5.5.2448.1
Emsmta.exe 5.5.2448.1
Info4log.cfg 5.5.2448.1
Infodlog.cfg 5.5.2448.1
Infollog.cfg 5.5.2448.1
Infotlog.cfg 5.5.2448.1
Mtacheck.exe 5.5.2448.1
Mtamsg.dll 5.5.2448.1
P2.xv2 5.5.2448.1
X400om.dll 5.5.2448.1
X400omv1.dll 5.5.2448.1
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5.
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