XCON: MTA Error ID 251 (140945)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q140945

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

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbusage KB140945
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