FIX: xp_readmail Fails on MIPS Computers

• Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5

SYMPTOMS

When you use Windows NT 3.51 (Build 1057) and Microsoft Mail installed on a MIPS computer with SQL 6.0 or SQL 6.5 with xp_readmail, xp_readmail will fail with an Exception: illegal instruction (0xc00001d), address: 0x7ffff000.:

   xp_startmail
   go
   xp_sendmail 'testuser', @message='select * from authors', @dbuse='pubs'
   go
   exec xp_readmail
   go

WORKAROUND

1. Set up sp_processmail as a scheduled task running recurring every minute as the following:

1. Send mail to testuser (the account that SQL Server is running under and the account that was setup to start mail) with the subject

      'SQL' and in the message 'select * from authors'.
   
   

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server versions 6.0 and 6.5. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. For more information, contact your primary support provider.