XCON: MTA Terminates Unexpectedly in Large Nested DL Expansion

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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.