XCON: Exchange MTA Logs Event ID 62 and 3144

Last reviewed: November 26, 1997
Article ID: Q165146

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0 and 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Exchange Server may log the following warnings in the Windows NT event viewer:

   Event ID 3144
   Source: MSExchangeMTA
   Type: Warning
   Category: X.400 Service

   An internal MTA error occurred: message submit failure. Object ID:
   06xxxxx.

   Entity name:

   /o=Microsoft/ou=MAILER/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=HIGHLANDERS/
   cn=Microsoft

   Private MDB. [XAPI DELIVER 47 109] (12)

   Event ID 62
   Source MSExchangeMTA
   Type Warning
   Category x.400 Service

   A delivery failure occurred for the message with message transfer
   service identifier. X.400 reason code unable-to-transfer. Diagnostic
   content-too-long.

   Contact Microsoft Product Support Services. [0 MTA SUBMIT 25 112] (12)

CAUSE

These warnings are caused by a message that exceeds the limit set on the Servers MTA. Increasing the server's message transfer agent (MTA) message size limit will resolve the problem

Keywords          : XCON kbsetup kbtshoot kbusage
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.0
Platform          : IDEAS

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Last reviewed: November 26, 1997
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