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Error: Data Misalignment in MapiServ.exe

Article ID: 156561

Article Last Modified on 10/14/2003

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

This article was previously published under Q156561

SYMPTOMS

SQL extended stored procedure xp_readmail may fail on MIPS computers with datatype misalignment error in Mapisrv.exe

The following error is returned:

Exception datatype misalignment (0x80000002) address : 0x76a651ac

CAUSE

The exception occurred because the address in a register was not on a 16 byte boundary.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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