MMC Access Violation Connecting to Remote IIS Server with SMTP

ID: Q235465

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 2.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 SP5

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) may generate an "Access violation" error message when you are connecting to a remote computer that is running Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

CAUSE

The "Access violation" error message occurs if the computer that is administering the remote server has Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) installed but the remote client does not.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date        Time     Size      File name     Platform
   -----------------------------------------------------
   2/03/1999   01:38p   346,384   Smtpadm.dll   i386

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: mcis

Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00
Version : winnt:2.0,4.0 SP5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug