XFOR: Starting Internet Mail Service, Store Causes Stack Fault

• Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you start the Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Service, Store.exe causes a stack fault, halting store-related activities.

CAUSE

Multiple cascading embedded messages processed through a recursion routine is not limiting the number of recursions, which causes a stack overflow.

STATUS

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):

   S E R V P A C K

MORE INFORMATION

When this problem occurs, the DrWtsn32.Log may look something like this:

   Microsoft (R) Windows NT (TM) Version 4.0 DrWtsn32
   Copyright (C) 1985-1995 Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.

   Application exception occurred:
      App: Store.DBG (pid=159)
      When: 1/2/1997 @ 7:30:30.452
      Exception number: c00000fd (stack overflow)

   State Dump for Thread Id 0xd0

   EAX=0000000c EBX=011ab1cc ECX=011a2f04 EDX=000004b0 ESI=00949314
   EDI=0213b061
   EIP=0205febc ESP=011aaefc EBP=011aaf04 EFL=00000206
   CS=001b DS=0023 ES=0023 SS=0023 FS=0038 GS=0000

   function: chkstk

   FAULT -->   0x0205fea5 51 push ecx
   0x0205fea6 3d00100000 cmp eax,00001000
   0x0205feab 8d4c2408 lea ecx,dword ptr [esp+08]
   0x0205feaf 7214 jb lastpage (0205fec5)
   0x0205feb1 81e900100000 sub ecx,00001000
   0x0205feb7 2d00100000 sub eax,00001000
   0x0205febc 8501 test dword ptr [ecx],eax
   0x0205febe 3d00100000 cmp eax,00001000

   Stack Back Trace:

   FramePtr RetAddr Param1 Param2 Param3 Function Name
   011aaf04 02004c4d 011ab178 000004b0 000004b0 STORE!$$$00001+0x17(...)
   011ab158 02004e97 011ab178 011ab1c4 000004b0
   STORE!JTAB_BASE::EcGetPropByPtagid+0xcb
   011ab184 02010a7a 001a84b0 011ab1c4 000004b0
   STORE!JTAB_BASE::EcGetProp+0x2b
   011ab1f0 020ca807 0823c2e4 08231018 00000021 STORE!OMSG::EcConfig+0xb2f
   011ab21c 020d4d20 08230fc4 00000021 011ab41c STORE!OMSG::EcConfig+0xa7
   011ab254 0207bea9 00000021 00000001 011ab434
   STORE!ATTACH::EcOpenPropertyMessage+0x142
   011ab43c 02035225 00943e24 0129fac4 08230a1c
   STORE!EcAttachFromMDBEF+0x2c516
   011ab664 0207bf27 00943e24 0129fac4 08230a1c
   STORE!EcMessageFromMDBEF+0x54d
   011ab84c 02035225 00943e24 0129fac4 08235c84
   STORE!EcAttachFromMDBEF+0x2c594
   011aba74 0207bf27 00943e24 0129fac4 08235c84
   STORE!EcMessageFromMDBEF+0x54d