XADM: MTA Error: Database Object Not in Use

Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
Article ID: Q149579

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When the Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) is restarted, the MTA may stop with the following exception error:

   Database Object Not in Use

This error may occur even if the MTA was stopped successfully without errors.

CAUSE

The Microsoft Exchange MTA experienced a startup error which resulted in this exception.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange Server U.S. Service Pack. 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:
Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbusage XADM
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kberrmsg

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Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
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