XFOR: MSMI Terminates on Bad SMTP Address
Article ID: 169671
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q169671
SYMPTOMS
When using the Microsoft Mail Connector, you may encounter a situation
where the Microsoft Mail Connector interchange (MSMI) will not continue to
run. The MSMI may exhibit the following symptoms:
- The MSMI may run for a while but will stop without logging
any errors.
- The MSMI may run fine as long as the MS Exchange Message Transfer
Agent is not running.
CAUSE
The MSMI may be having problems trying to parse an SMTP address in a
message coming to Exchange from Microsoft Mail.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service
Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. For information on
obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service
Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. For information on
obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: crash hang
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