PC NTMMTA: Err Msg: Drive Is Either Local, Used, or Greater...

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT, version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

When you deliver messages for postoffices on Novell servers with the Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT (NT MMTA) running as a Service, one of the following errors may occur in a Monitor window or in the SESSION.LOG:

   Drive is either local, used or greater than LASTDRIVE.
   Initializing data structures. Could not connect to drive.

   Unable to Grab Semaphore File: <Drive Letter>:P1\xxxxxxxx.OLK

CAUSE

When the NT MMTA is running as a Windows NT Service, and messages are being sent or received from a postoffice hosted on a Novell NetWare file server, if you open File Manager and from the Window menu, you choose the Refresh option, the NT MMTA may stop responding.

RESOLUTION

To recover, stop and restart the NT MMTA instance. It is strongly suggested that the File Manager Window menu Refresh option not be selected when an NT MMTA service is running.

NOTE: If there is a "stranded" drive letter previously connected to a Novell server, you can release the drive by doing the following:

1. Run Control Panel and open the Services icon.

2. Select the Gateway Service for NetWare service.

3. Click on the Stop button.

   Warning: If your primary network provider is NetWare or Compatible, and you stop this service, it will also shut down other services including Netlogon and Browser. To prevent this, run Control Panel and open Network. Select the Network button and Microsoft Network as the primary provider.

4. Select the Start button to restart the service.

5. Go to a command prompt and type NET USE. The stranded drive is no longer listed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.5 of Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT. This problem was corrected in version 3.5.27 of the NTMMTA.

This fix is available to you on the BBS at (972) 518-0393 or (972) 550-0226 with the proper password that you get from a Microsoft Mail Support Engineer.