XCON: MTA Fails to Start with WinNT Event ID 137

Last reviewed: March 11, 1998
Article ID: Q170005

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

The Microsoft Exchange Server Message Transfer Agent (MTA) may fail to start and the following event is logged in the Windows NT Application Log.

   Event ID: 137
   MSExchangeMTA A fatal directory error occurred. Change to the
   maximum logging level for more details.
   [MTA MAIN BASE 1 15] (16)

Check to make sure the Microsoft Exchange directory service is started. The MTA relies on the directory service to properly initialize. This behavior is by product design.

Keywords          : XCON
Component         : MTA
Version           : WinNT: 5.5
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbprb

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Last reviewed: March 11, 1998
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