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XCON: MTA Runs Internal MTACHECK Even After Running Command- Line Version

Article ID: 169631

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q169631

SYMPTOMS

After you run the command-line utility MTACHECK, located in the Exchsrvr\Bin directory, the MTA runs the internal version of MTACHECK upon startup.

CAUSE

When the MTA service starts, it checks for a placeholder file (Dbbitmp.dat) to see if the service last stopped without an error. If the file is missing, then the MTA will run an internal MTACHECK in order verify database integrity. In the 4.0 and 5.0 versions of Exchange, the command line version of MTACHECK does not create this placeholder file and therefore the MTA assumes the MTA database needs to be checked.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server versions 4.0 and 5.0. This problem has been fixed in Exchange Server version 5.5.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbtshoot KB169631