XCON: List of KB Articles Explaining MTA Basic Concepts and Troubleshooting

ID: Q247133

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SUMMARY

This article provides a list of KB articles that may help you understand some basic message transfer agent (MTA) concepts. Articles are also listed that may be useful for initial basic MTA troubleshooting. This is not a complete list; it is simply a reference to some potentially useful KB articles about the MTA.

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Concepts

For additional information about MTA concepts, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q158633 XCON: MTA Admin View of Queues Explained

Q163032 XCON: Description of Diagnostics Logging for MTA

Q163307 XCON: How to Identify Most MTA Queues by Object Id

Q163323 XCON: Mtacheck.log

Q178021 XFOR: Many DAT Files in the Mtadata Directory

Q163326 XCON: How and Why to Run Mtacheck

Q148284 XCON: When and How to use the Mtacheck Utility

Q166567 XCON: How to Enable Lowest Cost Routes Only

Q193322 XCON: Route Selection Criteria

Q196669 XCON: MTA Queue Length in Performance Monitor Can Show More Messages than in Queue

Q149121 XCON: Gateway Address Routing Table Information

Q198622 XCON: Adjustment of MTA Reliable Transfer Service Values

Q178539 XADM: How to Adjust Message Timeouts for the Exchange MTA

Q163325 XCON: MTA: Text Event Log (Evo.log)

Q163324 XCON: Application Protocol Data Unit (APDU) Logs (BF0.LOG)

Q240759 XCON: Message Transfer Agent Frequently Asked Questions

Q163294 XCON: Exchange MTA Build Numbers

Q140950 XGEN: How to Search for Microsoft Exchange Articles by Topic

Troubleshooting

For additional information about troubleshooting the MTA, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q162384 XCON: How to Troubleshoot MTA Starting Failures

Q147704 XCON: Troubleshooting Tips for: Exchange MTA Not Starting

Q231275 XCON: MTA in Uncontrollable State; MTA Service Can't Be Stopped

Q170055 XCON: Unable to View MTA Queue

Q163297 XCON: MTA Taking a Long Time to Start

Q175496 XCON: Using RPCPING To Troubleshoot MTA Connections

Q164841 XCON: Messages Stuck in MTA Queues

Q152896 XADM: MTA Startup Slow When Database is Large

Q244144 XCON: Exchange Message Transfer Agent May Stop Unexpectedly When Restarting After an Abnormal Shutdown

Q232586 XCON: X.400 MTA Logs Loop Detected Error Message When Receiving a Message from Exchange Server

Q194589 XCON: Event ID 57 from the Exchange Message Transfer Agent

Q234065 XGEN: Troubleshooting the MTA Queue to Internet Mail Service

Q229728 XCON: Intersite Message Transfer Agent Distribution List Cache Issue

Q229643 XCON: 9156 Errors Occur after Applying Exchange 5.5 Service Pack 2

Q222985 XCON: MTA Stops Processing Messages with Large Attachments and May Log Event 2136

Q200259 XCON: Event ID 9156 from the Exchange Server 5.5 Message Transfer Agent

Q197378 XCON: MTA Generates 9301 Events on Incoming Connections

Q196852 XCON: MTA Stops with a Database Server Internal Processing Error

Q196665 XCON: MTA Could Route Messages Through Higher Costing Routes

Q195731 XCON: MTA Stops and Numerous Events Appear in Event Log

Q194750 XCON: Message Sticks in MTA Queue While Other Messages Flow By

Additional query words:

Keywords : XCON exc55
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo