XADM: Exception Error on MTA Service Shutdown

ID: Q142258

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you stop the Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) service, you might see the following Dr. Watson error:

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated

EMSMTA.EXE
Exception [0xe005085f] at address [0x77f3cbcd]

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 : kbother kbbug4.00 XADM
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :