XFOR: Inbound Internet Message with Blank CHARSET Causes Dr. Watson in Store.exe (278320)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

This article was previously published under Q278320

SYMPTOMS

A poorly formatted inbound Internet message may cause an error in the information store and start the Dr. Watson debugger. If you are experiencing the problem addressed in this article, you may receive the following events:

Event ID: 4116
Source: MSExchangeIMC

An error was returned from the messaging software the Internet Mail Service uses to process messages on the Microsoft Exchange Server. It is possible that the piece of mail being processed at the time will be returned to the sender as a failed delivery instead of being delivered. The message will be moved to the "BAD" folder, if possible, and the error is not a temporary error. Otherwise it will be retried when the service is restarted. Use the appropriate utilities found in the SUPPORT directory of your Exchange CD to view and manipulate messages that have been moved to the "BAD" folder

Event ID: 3039
Source: MSExchangeIMC

The error 0x80040115 was encountered while trying to communicate with the message store. An attempt to refresh the connection will be made. If not successful, the service will be shut down.

Data (Words) 0000: 00140667 80040115

CAUSE

This problem is caused by an incorrectly formatted Internet message attribute. If an Internet message received by the Internet Mail Service has an attribute of CHARSET= " " in the header, the information store generates a Dr. Watson error during inbound conversion.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem can be resolved by either installing Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4 or information store hotfix build 5.5.2653.22.

To download Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4, please see the following Microsoft Web site: To download information store build 5.5.2653.22, please see the following Microsoft Web site: For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

275714 XADM: Information Store Stops Unexpectedly with Multipart or Mixed Message and Null Boundary String


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kberrmsg kbExchange550sp4Fix kbprb KB278320