XCON: MTA Error ID 251

ID: Q140945

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) crashes with:

Event ID 251
A fatal internal MTA error occurred. Entity control block reassigned because of a configuration error.

CAUSE

This Event Id is incorrectly categorized as fatal.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 U.S. Service Pack 2. 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

Keywords : kbusage kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp2 XCON
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :