Article ID: 198393
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q198393
SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Mail Connector may stop in irregular intervals with an error message similar to the following:
This message may be followed by an Event 10003:
Event ID: 10003 Source: MSExchangeMSMI Description: Fatal Error: File SFSEMS.CPP, line 878 Mailer Thread failed.
In addition, when trying to restart the service, the following error message may be displayed:
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the 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: Microsoft Mail Connector File Name Version ---------------------- Mt.exe 5.5.2524.0 Mtmsg.dll 5.5.2524.0
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3.
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