Article ID: 222985
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q222985
SYMPTOMS
When you send one or more large messages, the Message Transfer Agent (MTA) may stop processing messages. It may not be possible to stop the MTA in the Windows NT Server Control Panel Services tool. The problem appears when messages containing very large attachments are sent. If the Exchange Server MTA logging for the Resource category was set to maximum, a large number of the following event can be found in the Windows NT Server Application Event log:
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: Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
| File name | Version |
|---|---|
| Dbserver.sch | N/A |
| Dcprods.cat | N/A |
| Ems_rid.dll | 5.5.2576.0 |
| Emsmta.exe | 5.5.2576.0 |
| Info4log.cfg | N/A |
| Infoblog.cfg | N/A |
| Infodlog.cfg | N/A |
| Infollog.cfg | N/A |
| Infotlog.cfg | N/A |
| Mtacheck.exe | 5.5.2576.0 |
| Mtamsg.dll | 5.5.2576.0 |
| P2.xv2 | N/A |
| X400om.dll | 5.5.2576.0 |
| X400omv1.dll | 5.5.2576.0 |
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3.
Additional query words: stalled stopped hang
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB222985
