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Q140957: XFOR: X.400 Message from Third Party Gateway Causes Event ID 940

Article: Q140957
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) generates the following
error in the Windows NT Event Viewer when it processes a message from an X.400
gateway.

  Event ID: 9405
  Source: MSExchangeMTA
  Type: Error
  Category: Field Engineering
  Description:
  An unexpected error has occurred which may cause the MTA to terminate.
  Error: Exception c0000005 occurred at Address 215bde9 [BASE XFER-IN 20] (16)

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 4.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 U.S.
Service Pack 2. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


Additional query words: 4.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :4.0

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