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Q234962: XCON: Certain Builds of the MTA Do Not Generate 9301 Event ID

Article: Q234962
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55
Last Modified: 28-JUL-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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Event ID 9301 can be a useful indicator of certain problems with X.400
Connectors. It is normally logged in the application event log by the Microsoft
Exchange Server Message Transfer Agent (MTA), and can be especially useful for
diagnosing bad Stack entries or problems with name lookups. However, this event
ID is not be logged by certain builds of the MTA.

MORE INFORMATION
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Some MTA builds between 2354-2620 do not log Event ID 9301. Build 2621 and later
do log this event ID.

  Description:
  "The message transfer gateway that uses the network address xxxxxxxx and the
  transport stack
  /o=EXORG/ou=EXSITE/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=EXSERVER/cn=TCP (EXSERVER)
  could not be found. Check the configuration of the mail gateway. [BASE IL
  TCP/IP DRVR 8 218] (10)"

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q189345 XCON: MTA Logs Event 9301 Though X.400 Connector Is Identified

  Q197378 XCON: MTA Generates 9301 Events on Incoming Connections

  Q193380 XCON: Mail Does Not Flow over X.400 Connector; Event 9301

  Q169113 XCON: Using X.400 Connector with TCP/IP in Cluster Environment

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:5.5
Issue type        : kbhowto

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