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XCON: A Directory Name Object Allocation Command Failed

Article ID: 161482

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q161482

SYMPTOMS

The Exchange MTA may generate the following warning every time a pair of MTAs connects either within the site or via a site connector:

Event ID: 2247
A directory name (DN) object allocation command failed. [RD Server MAIN BASE 1 114] (12)

CAUSE

This occurs due to an event logging problem with the MTA.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem has been fixed in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0.

Keywords: kbbug KB161482