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INF: PC MMTA: NT MMTA Will Not Start As a Service

Article ID: 158276

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006


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SYMPTOMS

If a customer runs the Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT (NT MMTA) as a service with the following INI file, and does not check the "Single Postoffice Instance" option, the customer will see the "Server.glb file not found on home postoffice. To use dynamic drives, Dynadmin.exe must first be run." error in the monitor screen of a Microsoft Mail 3.5 External service in the Microsoft Mail Service Manager or the session log that the service creates.

[external]
LogReceive
LogSent
LogSession

[external-instance]
DriveHomePo=m
DrivesDirectPo=m
CommType=Async
AsyncCommPort=Com2
CommScript=Ultra96

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, check the "Single Postoffice Instance" option on the instance edit page in Microsoft Mail Service Manager.

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